To Change The Info Palette Options - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

To change the Info palette options

1 Click the triangle in the upper right corner to open the Info palette menu and choose Palette Options.
In the Info Palette Options dialog box, for First Color Readout, choose one of the following display options:
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Actual Color Displays values in the current color mode of the image.
Displays values for the output color space of the image.
Proof Color
Displays the color values in that color mode.
A 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.
Displays the opacity of the current layer. This option does not apply to the background.
Opacity
You can also set the readout options by clicking the eyedropper icon in the Info palette. 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 palette 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.
Under Status information, select from the following to display file information in the Info palette:
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Displays information on the amount of data in the image. The number on the left represents the
Document Sizes
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.
Displays the dimensions of the image.
Document Dimensions
Displays information on the amount of RAM and the scratch disk used to process the image. The
Scratch Sizes
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.
Displays the amount of time it took to complete the last operation.
Timing
Displays the name of the active tool.
Current Tool
(Optional) Select Show Tool Hints to display a hint for using a selected tool at the bottom of the Info palette.
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7 Click OK.
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