User`s manual

Reference: The Preview Window 49
Color Meter
Options button
To restore original settings
Do either of the following:
1. Select No Correction from the White/Black points menu in the Settings
window.
2. Click the Default button in the Settings window.
To display color information for a pixel or an averaged area
1. Click the Tag Windows tool.
2. As you pass over a point in the image, see the Information window — the
values will be displayed in the Input and Output area of the Information
window. These values are based on the sample size you selected.
To change the sample size of the Tag Windows tool
1. Open the Information window by choosing the Show Info Window
command in the View menu.
2. Click the Color Meter Options button.
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 sample size area.
The 3 by 3 option reads the average value of an area that is 3x3 pixels
4. To choose display mode, select Native or LCH. Take note that the Value
and Percent options are grayed out if you are working in the default LCH
color mode and become active only in Native color mode.