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Adobe Photoshop Help
Making Color and Tonal Adjustments
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To use the Info palette and the eyedropper or color sampler tool to see color values:
1
Choose Window > Info to open the Info palette.
2
Select the eyedropper tool
or color sampler tool
, and choose a sample size in the
options bar:
•
Point Sample to read the value of a single pixel.
•
3 by 3 Average to read the average value of a 3-by-3 pixel area.
•
5 by 5 Average to read the average value of a 5-by-5 pixel area.
3
If you selected the color sampler tool, place up to four color samplers on the image.
Click where you want to place a sampler.
4
Open an adjustment dialog box. (See
“Making color adjustments” on page 132
.)
5
Make your adjustments in the dialog box, and before applying them, view the before
and after color values in the Info palette:
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To view color values using the eyedropper tool, move the pointer over the area of the
image you want to examine. Opening an adjustment dialog box activates the
eyedropper tool outside the dialog box. You still have access to the scroll controls and
to the hand and zoom tools by using keyboard shortcuts.
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To view the color values under the color samplers, look at the lower half of the Info
palette. To place additional color samplers in the image while the adjustment dialog
box is open, Shift-click in the image.
To move, delete, or hide a color sampler:
Do any of the following:
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To move a color sampler, select the color sampler tool, and drag the sampler to the new
location.
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To delete a color sampler, select the color sampler tool. Drag the sampler out of the
document window, or hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click the
sampler. To delete all color samplers, click Clear in the options bar.
•
To delete a color sampler while an adjustment dialog box is open, hold down Alt+Shift
(Windows) or Shift (Mac OS), and click the sampler.
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To toggle the display of all color samplers in an image, choose View > Extras. A check
mark indicates that color samplers are showing.
To change the display of color sampler information in the Info palette:
Do any of the following:
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To display or hide color sampler information in the Info palette, choose Color Samplers
from the palette menu. A check mark indicates that the color sampler information is
showing.
•
To change the color space in which a color sampler displays values, move the pointer
onto the color sampler icon in the Info palette, hold down the mouse button, and
choose another color space from the menu.
