# Measuring tools

| Tool                   | How it works                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Eyedropper             | Click to select a color and makes it the foreground color.                                                                                                                          |
| 3D Material Eyedropper | Click to selects Materials when working in 3D Workspace.                                                                                                                            |
| Color Sampler          | Click to select mutliple colors in an image. Selected color values appear in Info panel.                                                                                            |
| Ruler                  | Click and drag to measure distance between two points on image. Measurement appears in Info panel.                                                                                  |
| Note                   | Click to add annotation to image. Notes are do not appear on image when printed.                                                                                                    |
| Count                  | Click to add numeric points that count objects in an image. Create multiple Count Groups to count mutliple sets of objects. Click Clear in Options bar to remove points from image. |


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