PHOTOSHOP CS3
User Guide
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Without Match Zoom And Location (top), and with Match Zoom And Location (bottom) selected
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Select the Zoom tool or the Hand tool.
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Select one of the images, hold down the Shift key, and click in or drag an area of an image. The other images are
magnified to the same percentage and snap to the area you clicked.
Work with the Info palette
The Info palette shows the color values beneath the pointer and, depending on the tool in use, gives other useful
information. The Info palette also displays a hint on using the selected tool, gives document status information, and
can display 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit values.
The Info palette displays the following information:
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Depending on the option you specify, the Info palette displays 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit values.
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When displaying CMYK values, the Info palette displays an exclamation point next to the CMYK values if the
color beneath the pointer or color sampler is out of the printable CMYK color gamut.
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When a marquee tool is being used, the Info palette displays the
x
and
y
coordinates of the pointer position and
the width (W) and height (H) of the marquee as you drag.
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When the Crop tool or Zoom tool is being used, the 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.
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When the Line tool, the Pen tool, or Gradient tool is being used, or when a selection is being moved, the Info
palette displays the
x
and
y
coordinates of your starting position, the change in X (DX), the change in Y (DY), the
angle (A), and the length (D) as you drag.
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When a two-dimensional transformation command is being used, 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).
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When any color adjustment dialog box (for example, Curves) is being used, the Info palette displays before-and-
after color values for the pixels beneath the pointer and beneath color samplers.
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If the Show Tool Hints option is enabled, you see hints for using the tool selected in the toolbox.
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Depending on the options selected, the Info palette displays status information, such as document size, document
profile, document dimensions, scratch sizes, efficiency, timing, and current tool.
