With this command, you can view informations about the active image and
informations about the pixel under he mouse pointer.
8.7.1.
Activate Dialog
You can find this command in the image menu bar under
View → Info-window.
or by using the
Shift-Ctrl-I
shortcut.
8.7.2.
Description of the Info Window
The Info Window shows basic information about the Image, including
its name and a thumbnail:
The General Tab
Figure 10.40.
Info Window
Pixel Dimensions: Shows the image height
and width in pixels.
Print Size: Shows the size in current
unit the image will have when printed. That's the “
logical size” of the image.
Resolution: Shows the image resolution
in dot per inch (dpi), usually that of the screen.
Scale Ratio: Shows the zoom factor of
the active image.
Number of Layers: No comment.
Size in Memory: Shows the number of KB
the image takes up in memory. This information is also
displayed in the image window. This size is very different
from the file size as you can see it in your browser. First,
the displayed image is decompressed, then GIMP keeps a copy
of the image in memory for Redo operations.
Display Type: Shows the color mode of
the active image.
Visual Class: Shows the class of the
number of colors of your screen: 256 colors, True Color...
Visual Depth: Another mode to express
the number of colors of your screen: with 8 bits you can
code for 256 colors, with 16 bits to 256x256 and with 24
bits to 256x256x256 colors.
Cursor Tab
Figure 10.41.
Cursor Tab
In this tab, color information is displayed when you move the
mouse pointer on the image. It looks like the
Tool Color Picker
but doesn't display the color.
Pixels: Coordinates of the pointed
pixel. The origin (0,0) is in the upper left corner.
Units: Distance of the pointed pixel
from the origin, in the current unit, that selected when the
image was created.
Pixel values: Values in each channel,
for RGB, HSL and CMYK modes are displayed, also the color
hexadecimal code.
Comment Tab
Figure 10.42.
Comment Tab
Probably, one day, this tab will be used to edit the comment
that accompanies the image.
