Introduction | Creating and Opening an Image | Editing an Image | Understanding and Switching Between Layers
Cropping and Resizing Images | Moving and Selecting/Deleting Parts of Images | Adding Text
Altering Your Images | Rotating and Drawing Shapes | Eyedropper and Zoom Tools | History
Brightness & Contrast | Layer Styles | Filters | Saving

Cropping an Image:
If an image is too large and you would like to cut it to just focus on one section of the image, you can "crop" it to that size and area. Select the "Crop" tool, and click and drag around the area you want.

You can resize the area (or rotate it) with the mouse by clicking any of the corners. When you're done, just click over to any other tool and a window will appear asking you if you'd like to crop the image. Click yes, and the image will be reduced to the area you've specified.

Resizing an Image:

If you don't want to crop your image (meaning you want the ENTIRE image, just at a smaller size), you can resize your image to any dimensions you wish. Select "Image Size" from the "Image" menu.

The default in Photoshop is to keep image resizing at "Constrain Proportions." This means that if the height is changed, the width will be changed at the same ratio. This keeps your image looking approximately the same, only at different sizes. If you wish to change this, just un-click the "Constrain Proportions" check box at the bottom of the "Image Size" window.

You can change the image size either by pixels or percentages. Use either you wish to either enlarge or reduce the size of your image (keep in mind that enlarging images will reduce the quality).

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