Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 40)

33 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Workspace
Last updated 1/10/2010
The Info panel displays the following information:
• Depending on the option you specify, the Info panel displays 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit values.
• When displaying CMYK values, the Info panel displays an exclamation point next to the CMYK values if the color
beneath the pointer or color sampler is out of the printable CMYK color gamut.
• When a marquee tool is being used, the Info panel displays the x and y coordinates of the pointer position and the
width (W) and height (H) of the marquee as you drag.
• When the Crop tool or Zoom tool is being used, the Info panel displays the width (W) and height (H) of the
marquee as you drag. The panel also shows the angle of rotation of the crop marquee.
• When the Line tool, the Pen tool, or Gradient tool is being used, or when a selection is being moved, the Info panel
displays the x and y coordinates of your starting position, the change in X (DX), the change in Y
(DY), the angle
(A), and the length (D) as you drag.
• When a two-dimensional transformation command is being used, the Info panel displays the percentage change in
width (W) and height (H), the angle of rotation (A), and the angle of horizontal skew (H) or vertical skew (V).
• When any color adjustment dialog box (for example, Curves) is being used, the Info panel displays before-and-after
color values for the pixels beneath the pointer and beneath color samplers.
• If the Show Tool Hints option is enabled, you see hints for using the tool selected in the toolbox.
• Depending on the options selected, the Info panel displays status information, such as document size, document
profile, document dimensions, scratch sizes, efficiency, timing, and current tool.
Use the Info panel
The Info panel displays file information about an image and also provides feedback about the color values as you move
a tool pointer over an image. Make sure the Info panel is visible in your workspace if you want to view information
while dragging in the image.
1 (Optional) Do one of the following if you need to display the Info panel:
• Click the Info panel tab if it’s docked with other panels.
• Choose Window > Info. File information about the image is displayed at the bottom of the Info panel. You can
change the information displayed by clicking the triangle in the upper right corner of the panel and choosing Panel
Options from the panel menu.
2 Set the options for the information you want displayed in the Info Panel by doing any of the following:
• Choose Panel Options from the Info panel menu and specify options in the Info Panel Options dialog box.
• Click an eyedropper icon and choose display options from the pop-up menu. You can also use the pop-up menu to
specify whether the Info panel displays 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit values.
• Click the cursor coordinates icon and choose a unit of measurement.
3 Select a tool.
4 Move the pointer in the image, or drag in the image to use the tool. The following information may appear,
depending on which tool you’re using:
Displays the numeric values for the color beneath the pointer.
Displays the x and y coordinates of the pointer.
Displays the width (W) and height (H) of a marquee or shape as you drag, or the width and height of an active
selection.