By default, the status bar appears at the bottom of the Photoshop working area in Windows. If you’re using the Mac OS, each document window has its own status bar. On a PC, you can turn the status bar on or off by selecting it or deselecting it on the Window menu.
Many people tend to associate status with wealth, so I don’t really think there’s a reason not to accept the free wealth of information that the status bar offers:
-->At the far left is a box that displays an active image’s current zoom level (such as 66.67 percent). Incidentally, the title bar of the document itself also shows the zoom level.
-->Because the good people at Adobe know just how complex a program Photoshop is, next to the file and info display area of the status bar is a description of the currently selected tool’s functions, as well as information on how to select additional options for that tool. This extra tidbit will only be found on Windows machines, however.
Although each Macintosh document includes its own status bar, all the bars for all the open documents show the same category of information. That is, if you change the status bar of one image to display scratch sizes, all the status bars of the other document images switch to display scratch sizes, as well.
Because Photoshop files can get pretty hefty in size, your status bar shows the file size of the active image by default. To display other types of information, click the right-pointing arrow in the status bar and select one of the following options from the menu that pops up:
-->Document Size: When you select this option, Photoshop displays two numbers to approximate the size of the image. The first number shows you the size of the file if you were to flatten (combine) all the layers into one and save it to your hard drive.
The number on the right shows the full size of the image — including all the individual layers, channels, and other components of the image. You’ll want this option active when you need to keep track of how large your image is.
-->Document Profile: When you select this option, the status bar displays the name of the color profile that the image uses. You probably won’t use this option unless you need to know the profiles of all the open documents while making complex color corrections.
-->Document Dimensions: When you select this option, the status bar shows you the size of the image by using the default measurement increment you’ve set in Photoshop’s Preferences (pixels, inches, picas, and so on). You might need this for instant reference to the physical dimensions of your open files.
-->Scratch Sizes: Scratch space is the virtual memory set aside on your hard drive to simulate RAM and make editing large files easier. Enabling this option shows two measurements for an active image. On the left, you see the amount of real memory and virtual memory that all open images are using. On the right, you see the total amount of RAM available for working with images. Photoshop needs a lot more memory and disk space to work on an image while it’s open, and that’s what’s shown by the Scratch Sizes display, as opposed to the Document Size display that shows only the file size of the document itself.
-->Efficiency: This indicator helps you gauge whether you really have enough RAM to perform a task. It shows the percentage of time Photoshop spends actually working on an operation, compared to the time it must spend reading or writing image information to or from your hard disk. If the value dips below 100 percent most of the time, you need to allocate more memory to Photoshop (if you’re using a PC).
-->Timing: This number shows you how long it took you to complete your last incredible feat.
-->Current Tool: This option shows you the name of the tool currently in use.
Many people tend to associate status with wealth, so I don’t really think there’s a reason not to accept the free wealth of information that the status bar offers:
-->At the far left is a box that displays an active image’s current zoom level (such as 66.67 percent). Incidentally, the title bar of the document itself also shows the zoom level.
If you installed Photoshop to a networked computer and you’ve activated the workgroup features, which enable file sharing and other perks, you see the icon for the Workgroup Services pop-up menu just to the right of the zoom info box.-->Next is the file and image information display area, which, by default, shows the document size information. You can customize this area to display other information. Click the size value to display a preview of how your image fits on your selected paper size.
-->Because the good people at Adobe know just how complex a program Photoshop is, next to the file and info display area of the status bar is a description of the currently selected tool’s functions, as well as information on how to select additional options for that tool. This extra tidbit will only be found on Windows machines, however.
Although each Macintosh document includes its own status bar, all the bars for all the open documents show the same category of information. That is, if you change the status bar of one image to display scratch sizes, all the status bars of the other document images switch to display scratch sizes, as well.
Because Photoshop files can get pretty hefty in size, your status bar shows the file size of the active image by default. To display other types of information, click the right-pointing arrow in the status bar and select one of the following options from the menu that pops up:
-->Document Size: When you select this option, Photoshop displays two numbers to approximate the size of the image. The first number shows you the size of the file if you were to flatten (combine) all the layers into one and save it to your hard drive.
The number on the right shows the full size of the image — including all the individual layers, channels, and other components of the image. You’ll want this option active when you need to keep track of how large your image is.
-->Document Profile: When you select this option, the status bar displays the name of the color profile that the image uses. You probably won’t use this option unless you need to know the profiles of all the open documents while making complex color corrections.
-->Document Dimensions: When you select this option, the status bar shows you the size of the image by using the default measurement increment you’ve set in Photoshop’s Preferences (pixels, inches, picas, and so on). You might need this for instant reference to the physical dimensions of your open files.
-->Scratch Sizes: Scratch space is the virtual memory set aside on your hard drive to simulate RAM and make editing large files easier. Enabling this option shows two measurements for an active image. On the left, you see the amount of real memory and virtual memory that all open images are using. On the right, you see the total amount of RAM available for working with images. Photoshop needs a lot more memory and disk space to work on an image while it’s open, and that’s what’s shown by the Scratch Sizes display, as opposed to the Document Size display that shows only the file size of the document itself.
-->Efficiency: This indicator helps you gauge whether you really have enough RAM to perform a task. It shows the percentage of time Photoshop spends actually working on an operation, compared to the time it must spend reading or writing image information to or from your hard disk. If the value dips below 100 percent most of the time, you need to allocate more memory to Photoshop (if you’re using a PC).
-->Timing: This number shows you how long it took you to complete your last incredible feat.
-->Current Tool: This option shows you the name of the tool currently in use.
Setting Up the Status Bar Photoshop
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