Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual page 39

To display the Info palette:
Choose Window > Show Info.
The Info palette displays the following specific
information:
When displaying CMYK values, the Info palette
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displays an exclamation point if the color beneath
the pointer or color sampler is out of the printable
CMYK color gamut. (See "Identifying out-of-
gamut colors" on page 110.)
Out-of-gamut color
When you use the marquee tool, the Info palette
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displays the x and y coordinates of your starting
position and the width (W) and height (H) of the
marquee as you drag.
When you use the crop tool or zoom tool, the
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Info palette displays the width (W) and height (H)
of the marquee as you drag. The palette also shows
the angle of rotation of the crop marquee.
When you use the line tool, pen tool, or gradient
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tool or when you move a selection, the Info palette
displays the x and y coordinates of your starting
position, the change in X ( X), the change in
Y ( Y), the angle (A), and the distance (D) as
you drag.
When you use a two-dimensional transfor-
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mation command, the Info palette 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 you use any color adjustment dialog box
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(for example, Curves), the Info palette displays the
before and after color values of the pixels beneath
the pointer and beneath color samplers. (See
"Previewing color values" on page 107.)
To change the Info palette options:
Choose Palette Options from the Info palette
1
menu.
For First Color Readout, choose one of the
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following display options:
Actual Color to display values in the current
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color mode of the image.
Total Ink to display the total percentage of
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all CMYK ink at the pointer's current location,
based on the values set in the CMYK Setup
dialog box.
Opacity to display the opacity of the current
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layer. This option does not apply to the
background.
Any other option to display the color values in
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that color mode. (See "Color modes and models"
on page 63.)
For Second Color Readout, choose a display
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option listed in step 2.
For Ruler Units, choose a unit of measurement.
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Click OK.
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