Adobe Photoshop CS2 On Demand [Electronic resources]

Working with the Info Palette

Photoshop's Info palette gives you a wealth of data on the current document's color space, as well as information on the x/y position of your mouse cursor within the active document window. In addition, when you're using one of Photoshop's drawing or measuring tools, the Info palette gives you up-to-date information on the size of the object you're creating. Photoshop works with black, white, shades of gray, and every color in between. By creating color markers you help identify the location of specific color points within an image, which is indispensable for performing color correction, and the Info palette displays color information about the marked color and on how the color has shifted.

Create a Specific Size Object

Select the

Info palette.

Select a drawing tool on the tool-box.

Drag in the document window to create a shape.

Release the mouse when the Info palette displays the correct dimensions.

IMPORTANT

The bottom of the Info palette now displays tips on how to use the current tool, and the current size of the working document ().

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Create a Color Marker

Select the

Info palette.

Select the

Eyedropper tool on the toolbox.

In the document, hold down the Shift key, and then click once to create a color marker. You can have a maximum of four Color Markers in a single document.

Repositioning a marker is easy, simply press the Ctrl (Win) or (Mac) key, and then click and drag the marker to a new position, or drag it off the document window to delete it.

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