Info Window: Viewing important information about your file

Gathering important information from our design

The Info Window is an extremely useful tool which is used to display a wealth of information for the active design in AVA. You can also group the Info Window with other floating windows such as Notes, History and Navigation to save valuable screen space.

Open the Info Window by going to Window Menu > Info, or you can use the shortcut ⌘⇧i.

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Note: To group the Info Window with the Notes, Navigation, History and Activity Window, you need to go to AVA Menu > Settings > Appearance, and switch on Use Group Windows.

Changing the units displayed

Click on the side menu of the Info Window to see the currently selected units, marked with a tick. Change the selected units by choosing a different one in the list. This will also change the units being displayed in the rulers.

Because the Info Window displays a lot of information, we have broken it down for you in the tabs below. If you have any questions about the this window, or feel it should display information not already available, please contact AVA Technical Support to discuss this.

XY

X - the position of the cursor on the horizontal axis
Y - the position of the cursor on the vertical axis

WH

W - the width of any selection or crop box in the file
H - the height of any selection or crop box in the file

Note: The dimensions of a design can be found by choosing Edit Menu > Select All. The total width and height measurements will be displayed in the window

L and º

L - displays the length of any line drawn using the Line or Measure Tool
º - displays the angle of any line drawn using the Line or Measure Tool, or the angle of any rotated selection

Doc, Res, Mem

Doc - the dimensions of the current file in your chosen units. This dimensions of the document are also converted to pixels
Res - gives the resolution of the file in dots per inch (DPI)
Mem - relates to the size of the active file based on the memory it is using on your hard drive

RGB and CMYK

RGB - displays the RGB values of any pipetted point of an RGB image
CMYK - displays the CMYK values of any pipetted point of an CMYK image

Note: If you are using the Multi Point pipette, the Info Window will display one column per pipette in the file

mdE and pdE

mdE - displays how far out of your monitor gamut the selected colour is
pdE - displays how far out of your printer gamut the selected colour is

Note: If you would prefer to not to see this information, you can turn this off in the side menu

Colours with a high dE values should be avoided because it means either your digital printer cannot print this colour, or your monitor cannot display the colour correctly. This means your screen to print match is compromised.

D, T and M

D - displays the density of the pipetted area of the active layer. The number which follows is the layer number
If you have an active Dot Gain, the (Dg) values will display the value as it is influenced by the Dot Gain. In the example above, the true tonal value of the pipetted area is 20%, but with the Dot Gain applied, it is 16%.If you click on a pixel while the Gamma Pane is open, you will see a (G) appear next to the tone. This displays the density of what that pipetted area will become if the previewed Gamma is applied.
T - displays the total density of the pipetted area on all active layers. This is extremely useful if you know there is a limit to the amount of information you can have in any one place in your file
M - displays the tonal value of a mask layer. If there are no masks in your file, or in the area you are clicking with the Pipette Tool, the M value will not be shown

VR, VG and VB

On your monitor a design is split into three different colours (red, green and blue). These three separate video signals (Red, Green and Blue) is what is known as video RGB. It is the most pure form of analogue colour video signal. If you would prefer to not to see this information, you can turn this off in the side menu.