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9<sect2 id="gimp-image-properties">
10  <title>Image Properties</title>
11
12  <indexterm>
13    <primary>Image Properties</primary>
14  </indexterm>
15
16  <para>
17    The <quote>Image Properties</quote> command opens a window that shows
18    lots of different information for the image.
19  </para>
20
21  <sect3>
22    <title>Activate the Command</title>
23    <itemizedlist>
24      <listitem>
25        <para>
26          You can access this command from the image menubar through
27          <menuchoice>
28            <guimenu>Image</guimenu>
29            <guimenuitem>Image Properties</guimenuitem>
30          </menuchoice>,
31        </para>
32      </listitem>
33      <listitem>
34        <para>
35          or by using the keyboard shortcut
36          <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Return</keycap></keycombo>.
37        </para>
38      </listitem>
39    </itemizedlist>
40  </sect3>
41
42  <sect3>
43    <title>Options</title>
44    <para>The properties window is divided into three tabs.</para>
45
46    <sect4>
47      <title><quote>Properties</quote> tab</title>
48      <figure>
49        <title><quote>Properties</quote> tab</title>
50        <mediaobject>
51          <imageobject>
52            <imagedata format="PNG"
53              fileref="images/menus/image/properties.png"/>
54          </imageobject>
55        </mediaobject>
56      </figure>
57      <variablelist>
58        <varlistentry>
59          <term>Pixel dimensions</term>
60          <listitem>
61            <para>
62              Shows the image height and width in pixels, that is, the
63              <emphasis>physical</emphasis> size of the image.
64            </para>
65          </listitem>
66        </varlistentry>
67        <varlistentry>
68          <term>Print size</term>
69          <listitem>
70            <para>
71              Shows the size the image will have when it is printed, in the
72              current units. This is the <emphasis>logical</emphasis> size of
73              the image. It depends upon the physical size of the image and
74              the screen resolution.
75            </para>
76          </listitem>
77        </varlistentry>
78        <varlistentry>
79          <term>Resolution</term>
80          <listitem>
81            <para>
82              Shows the print resolution of the image in pixel per inch.
83            </para>
84          </listitem>
85        </varlistentry>
86        <varlistentry>
87          <term>Color space</term>
88          <listitem>
89            <para>Shows the images color space.</para>
90          </listitem>
91        </varlistentry>
92        <varlistentry>
93          <term>File name</term>
94          <listitem>
95            <para>
96              Path and name of the file that contains the image.
97            </para>
98          </listitem>
99        </varlistentry>
100        <varlistentry>
101          <term>File size</term>
102          <listitem>
103            <para>Size of the file that contains the image.</para>
104          </listitem>
105        </varlistentry>
106        <varlistentry>
107          <term>File type</term>
108          <listitem>
109            <para>Format of the file that contains the image.</para>
110          </listitem>
111        </varlistentry>
112        <varlistentry>
113          <term>Size in memory</term>
114          <listitem>
115            <para>
116              RAM consumption of the loaded image including the images
117              journal.
118              This information is also displayed in the image window. The
119              size is quite different from the size of the file on disk.
120              That is because the displayed image is decompressed and
121              because <acronym>GIMP</acronym> keeps a copy of the image in
122              memory for Redo operations.
123            </para>
124          </listitem>
125        </varlistentry>
126        <varlistentry>
127          <term>Undo steps</term>
128          <listitem>
129            <para>
130              Number of actions you have performed on the image, that you
131              can undo. You can see them in the
132              <link linkend="gimp-undo-dialog">Undo History</link> dialog.
133            </para>
134          </listitem>
135        </varlistentry>
136        <varlistentry>
137          <term>Redo steps</term>
138          <listitem>
139            <para>
140              Number of actions you have undone, that you can redo.
141            </para>
142          </listitem>
143        </varlistentry>
144        <varlistentry>
145          <term>
146            Number of pixels; Number of layers; Number of channels; Number
147            of paths
148          </term>
149          <listitem>
150            <para>Well counted!</para>
151          </listitem>
152        </varlistentry>
153      </variablelist>
154    </sect4>
155
156    <sect4>
157      <title><quote>Color profile</quote> tab</title>
158      <figure>
159        <title><quote>Color profile</quote> tab</title>
160        <mediaobject>
161          <imageobject>
162            <imagedata format="PNG"
163              fileref="images/menus/image/properties-profile.png"/>
164          </imageobject>
165        </mediaobject>
166      </figure>
167      <para>
168        This tab contains the name of the color profile the image is loaded
169        into GIMP with. Default is the built-in <quote>sRGB</quote> profile.
170      </para>
171    </sect4>
172
173    <sect4>
174      <title><quote>Comments</quote> tab</title>
175      <figure>
176        <title><quote>Comments</quote> tab</title>
177        <mediaobject>
178          <imageobject>
179            <imagedata format="PNG"
180              fileref="images/menus/image/properties-comment.png"/>
181          </imageobject>
182        </mediaobject>
183      </figure>
184      <para>
185        This tab allows you to view and edit a comment for the image.
186      </para>
187    </sect4>
188  </sect3>
189</sect2>
190