Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 41)

34 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Workspace
Last updated 1/10/2010
Change the Info panel options
1 Click the triangle in the upper right corner to open the Info panel menu and choose Panel Options.
2 In the Info Panel Options dialog box, for First Color Readout, choose one of the following display options:
Actual Color Displays values in the current color mode of the image.
Proof Color Displays values for the output color space of the image.
A color mode Displays the color values in that color mode.
Total Ink Displays the total percentage of all CMYK ink at the pointer’s current location, based on the values set in the
CMYK Setup dialog box.
Opacity Displays the opacity of the current layer. This option does not apply to the background.
You can also set the readout options by clicking the eyedropper icon in the Info panel. In addition to the First Color
Readout options, you can also display 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit values.
3 For Second Color Readout, choose a display option from the list in step 2. For the second readout, you can also click
the eyedropper icon in the Info panel and choose readout options from the pop-up menu.
Clicking an eyedropper icon and choosing a readout mode from the pop-up menu
4 For Ruler Units, choose a unit of measurement.
5 Under Status information, select from the following to display file information in the Info panel:
Document Sizes Displays information on the amount of data in the image. The number on the left represents the
printing size of the image—approximately the size of the saved, flattened file in Adobe Photoshop format. The number
on the right indicates the file’s approximate size including layers and channels.
Document Profile Displays the name of the color profile used by the image.
Document Dimensions Displays the dimensions of the image.
Scratch Sizes Displays information on the amount of RAM and the scratch disk used to process the image. The
number on the left represents the amount of memory that is currently being used by the program to display all open
images. The number on the right represents the total amount of RAM available for processing images.
Efficiency Displays the percentage of time spent performing an operation instead of reading or writing to the scratch
disk. If the value is below 100%, Photoshop is using the scratch disk and is therefore operating more slowly.
Timing Displays the amount of time it took to complete the last operation.
Current Tool Displays the name of the active tool.
Version Cue Displays Version Cue workgroup status. This option is valid when Version Cue is active.
Measurement Scale Displays the scale of the document.