Today, we will be examining the Info panel in Adobe Photoshop. This panel is designed to display essential information about the selected color, measurement units, and many other options.
You can enable the panel by pressing the F8 key or by going to the menu Window-InfoInformation window.
Let’s take a closer look at the panel’s settings. To do this, go to the top-right menu of the panel and click Panel OptionsPanel settings.
Here, you will see the following options:
- First Color ReadoutFirst color readout
- ModeMode:
- Actual ColorActual color
- Proof ColorProof color
- GrayscaleGrayscale
- RGB ColorRGB color model
- Web ColorWeb colors
- HSB ColorHSB color model
- CMYK ColorCMYK color model
- Lab ColorLab color model
- Total InkTotal ink coverage
- OpacityOpacity
- Second Color ReadoutSecond color readout
- ModeMode:
- Actual ColorActual color
- Proof ColorProof color
- GrayscaleGrayscale
- RGB ColorRGB color model
- Web ColorWeb colors
- HSB ColorHSB color model
- CMYK ColorCMYK color model
- Lab ColorLab color model
- Total InkTotal ink coverage
- OpacityOpacity
- Mouse CoordinatesMouse coordinates
- Ruler UnitsRuler units:
- PixelsPixels
- InchesInches
- CentimetersCentimeters
- MillimetersMillimeters
- PointsPoints
- PicasPicas — a typographic unit of measure equal to 12 points
- PercentPercent
- Status InformationStatus information
- Version CueVersion Cue — a multimedia version control system developed by Adobe
- Document SizesDocument sizes:
- Document ProfileDocument profile
- Document DimensionsDocument dimensions
- Measurement ScaleMeasurement scale
- Scratch SizesScratch sizes
- EfficiencyEfficiency
- TimingTiming
- Current ToolCurrent tool
- Show Tool HintsShow tool hints
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