CHAPTER 1
18
Looking at the Work Area
The percentage of change in width (W) and
height (H) as you scale a selection, layer, or shape.
The angle of horizontal skew (H) or vertical
skew (V) as you skew a selection, layer, or shape.
To change the mode of color values displayed in the
Info palette:
Do one of the following:
• Click an eyedropper icon in the Info palette,
and choose a color mode from the pop-up
menu.
• Choose Palette Options from the Info palette
menu. Choose a color mode for First Color
Readout and/or Second Color Readout, and
click OK.
Actual Color displays values in the current
color mode of the image; Grayscale displays the
grayscale values beneath the pointer; RGB Color
displays the RGB values beneath the pointer;
Web Color displays the hexadecimal code for the
RGB values beneath the pointer; and HSB Color
displays the HSB values beneath the pointer.
(See “About image modes” on page 54 for more
information.)
To change the unit of measurement displayed in the
Info palette:
Do one of the following:
• Click the cross-hair icon in the Info palette,
and choose a unit of measurement from the
pop-up menu.
• Choose Palette Options from the Info palette
menu. Choose a unit of measurement from the
Ruler Units pop-up menu, and click OK.
Using the status bar
The status bar at the bottom of the application
window (Windows) or document window
(Mac OS) displays useful information and is
divided into three sections:
• The leftmost section displays the current
magnification. (See “Magnifying and reducing
the view” on page 20).
• The middle section displays information about
the current file. You can change the type of
information that displays.
• (Windows only) The rightmost section
provides information as you use a tool. It also
displays a progress bar to help you monitor
operations. When an operation—such as
applying a filter or using the Photomerge
command—is in progress, you cannot perform
other operations. However, you can interrupt
the process or have the program notify you
when it has finished.
To display file information in the status bar:
1 Click the triangle in the status bar.
2 Select a view option:
• Document Sizes to display 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 Photoshop format. The number
on the right indicates the file’s approximate size,
including layers.
• Document Profile to display the name of the
color profile used by the image. (See “About
color management” on page 31.)
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