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John Crankshaw

2003-11-27, 5:42 pm

If I create a black silhouette on a white background in PS 5, is there a way
to find out how many pixels are black vs. white? Maybe some way that PS will
report this value while doing an operation?

(Background: I'm comparing riding positions on my bicycle to maximize
streamlining. The fewer black pixels in the image, the smaller I'm making my
body on the bicycle and the faster I'll go. )


Sanders

2003-11-27, 5:42 pm

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:42:36 GMT, "John Crankshaw"
<crankster@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
quote:

>If I create a black silhouette on a white background in PS 5, is there a way
>to find out how many pixels are black vs. white? Maybe some way that PS will
>report this value while doing an operation?
>
>(Background: I'm comparing riding positions on my bicycle to maximize
>streamlining. The fewer black pixels in the image, the smaller I'm making my
>body on the bicycle and the faster I'll go. )
>


John: This may help: Make a selection of the black portion of the
illustration using any appropriate selection tool (such as the Magic
Wand, with the Contguous option unchecked). Then go to Image >
Histogram and the Pixel count of the black will be shown in the lower
left of the Histogram display. The white pixel count might be done in
a similar fashion.


--sanders
e-mail?Please erase theboard
theboardsanders@cooper.edu
Johan W. Elzenga

2003-11-27, 5:42 pm

John Crankshaw <crankster@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
quote:

> If I create a black silhouette on a white background in PS 5, is there a way
> to find out how many pixels are black vs. white? Maybe some way that PS will
> report this value while doing an operation?



I'm not sure about PS 5, but the Histogram tells you how many pixels if
you move the cursor over it.


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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
John Crankshaw

2003-11-27, 5:42 pm

Thanks! I knew there had to be a way! Works great!


Sanders <theboardsanders@cooper.edu> wrote in message
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quote:

> On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:42:36 GMT, "John Crankshaw"
> <crankster@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
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> John: This may help: Make a selection of the black portion of the
> illustration using any appropriate selection tool (such as the Magic
> Wand, with the Contguous option unchecked). Then go to Image >
> Histogram and the Pixel count of the black will be shown in the lower
> left of the Histogram display. The white pixel count might be done in
> a similar fashion.
>
>
> --sanders
> e-mail?Please erase theboard
> theboardsanders@cooper.edu




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