Operation Manual

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USING PHOTOSHOP

Technical imaging

Last updated 12/5/2011

5 (Optional) To display or hide the count numbers:

• Choose View > Show > Count.

• Choose View > Extras, View > Show > All, or View > Show > None.

6 (Optional) Choose Analysis > Record Measurements or click Record Measurements in the Measurement Log panel

to record the count number to the Measurement Log.

Note: To record a count to the Measurement Log, you must have Count selected as a measurement data point. Choose

Analysis

> Select Data Points > Custom and select the Count data point in the Count Tool area.

7 (Optional) Choose File > Save to save any count numbers and count groups you’ve added to the image.

Automatic counting using a selection

Use the Photoshop automatic counting feature to count multiple selection areas in an image. Define selection areas

using the Magic Wand tool or the Color Range command.

1 Select the Magic Wand tool, or choose Select > Color Range.

2 Create a selection that includes the objects in the image that you want to count. For best results, use an image with

objects that contrast well against their background.

• If you are using the Magic Wand tool, increase or decrease the Tolerance option to optimize the selection of the

objects you want to count in the image. Deselect the Anti-alias and Contiguous options.

• For Color Range, set Fuzziness and Selected Colors to fine-tune the selected areas in the image (see “Select a color

range” on page 218).

3 Choose Analysis > Select Data Points > Custom.

4 In the Selections area, select the Count data point and click OK.

5 Choose Window > Measurement Log.

6 Choose Analysis > Record Measurements, or click Record Measurements in the Measurement Log. (If this option

isn’t available, select a tool other than the Count tool.)

Photoshop counts the selection areas and enters the number in the Count column in the Measurement Log.