Selecting options for the profile

In the Profile Options window, you can make changes to the profile graph and the profile table. By making changes in the Profile Options window, you can simultaneously change information reported in the Profile Table and Profile Graph windows.

In the Profile Options window, all of the channels in the file are displayed. You can choose which channels to plot in the profile graph and change the graph focus to another channel. You can also change the display color for any channel in the profile graph.

To select options for the profile

  1. In the Profile Table window, do any of the following:
    • To change the display color for a channel plot line in the profile graph, in the Color column of the table, click a color chip for the corresponding channel. In the Color panel window, make changes, as necessary, to the basic color, color continuum, or intensity.
    • To change the focus of the profile graph to another channel, click in the Active column next to the appropriate channel.
    • To display additional channels in the profile graph and in the profile table, click in the Profile column next to the appropriate channels. Any number of channels can be displayed.
      Note: This applies to RGB and grayscale layers only.
  2. To set the view scale of the profile graph, do one of the following:
    • To set the x-axis of the graph to the linear-scale view of your image, click Georeferenced.
    • To set the y-axis of the graph to the pixel-number view of the vector profile, click Sample points.

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