User`s manual

5-35Reference: The Preview Window
Sample Size
button
To change the sample size of the Color Picker:
1 Open the Information window by choosing the Show Info
Window command in the View menu.
2 Click on the Sample Size button, located to the right of
the RGB values in the Information window.
3 Choose your options.
• Select Value or Percent to determine how the pixel
information will be displayed.
• Select the sample size. For instance, the 1 by 1 option
will display the value of one pixel — the one in the
middle of the Color Meter Display. The 3 by 3 option
reads the average value of a 3-pixel by 3-pixel area.
To display color information for a pixel or an averaged area:
1 Click on the Color Picker tool.
2 As you pass over a point in the image, see the Informa-
tion Window — the RGB values will be displayed in the
Color Meter Display. These values are in turn based on
the sample size you selected (#3 above, second bulleted
item).
Pixel Display
shows pixel-
by-pixel
breakdown of
the area
where Color
Picker is on.
Color Meter
Display shows
the value of the
pixel (or
sample size)
where Color
Picker is on.
Color Picker tool at
this point selects
this pixel as the
new shadow point
for the image.
The value of this
pixel is shown in
the Color Meter
Display in the
Information
window.