Marquee tool. Allows you to draw a rectangle in the Preview window by clicking and dragging. The ink values for the selected region are measured and displayed in the Inks palette. For more information, see “To measure the ink coverage of a selected area”.

 

Hand tool. Pans the image, allowing you to view a page that exceeds the size of the Preview window. With this tool selected, click inside the Preview window and drag the image around.

 

Zoom tool. Zooms in to the next zoom level in the Preview window. You can zoom out by holding down the Alt key. Alternatively, you can click and drag to zoom into a specified area. For more information, see “To zoom in on a point using the Zoom tool”.

 

Measure tool. Measures raster angles, and distances between the raster points. You can also use it to calculate the line ruling of a separation. For more information, see “To measure screen angles”.

 

Next tool: Displays the next side result (e.g. Cover Sig 1 Front > Cover Sig 1 Back > Cover Sig 2 Front > Cover Sig 2 Back etc.). If you hold down the ‘C’ key while clicking the tool, Apogee displays the next sheet result (e.g. Cover Sig 1 Back > Cover Sig 2 Back > Cover Sig 3 Back).

 

Previous tool: Displays the previous side result. If you hold down the ‘C’ key while clicking the tool, Apogee displays the previous sheet result.

 

Turn Sheet tool. If your results have 2 sides (front and back), Raster Preview can switch between the two sides. Click this tool (CTRL+T) to toggle the view (front or back). This tool is disabled if the result only contains one side.

 

Info tool. Display information about the selected item.

 

Light Table tool. Displays or hides blended front and back views of your raster data. This feature only works on the front and backs of the same signature/page.

 

Rule-Ups tool. Displays or hides additional layers of information on top of the Raster Preview image. The Rule/ups palette contains a table which lists the layers you can display.

 

Rotate clockwise tool. Rotates the current view 90 degrees clockwise.

 

Rotate counterclockwise tool. Rotates the current view 90 degrees counterclockwise.

 

Flip vertical tool. Flips the current view vertically.

 

Flip horizontal tool. Flips the current view horizontally.

 

Invert tool. Inverts the current view (negative). For more information, see “To invert an image (negative)”.

 

Color Managed tool. Activates color-managed raster preview. This allows you to preview the rendered result using color management to convert the press color space to the monitor color space (based on ICC profiles).

 

Show/hide a Depth map. See “Depth Tool”.

 

Show/hide the Distortion. See “Distortion”.

 

Show/Hide rulers tool. Shows/Hides ruler coordinates in the units set in your Preferences.

 

Show/Hide gridlines tool. Shows/Hides gridlines for every major and minor division of the ruler. The default setting is specified in your Preferences.

 

Approve tool. Approves a previewed result. This tool is disabled if no soft preview has been requested. For more information, see “To approve or reject one or more job items”.

 

Reject tool. Rejects a previewed result. This tool is disabled if no soft preview has been requested. For more information, see “To approve or reject one or more job items”.