Photoshop Introduction

Crop Tool- This tool is very common and is used very often. The thing that this tool does is that i cuts off portions of your photo the way you would like it or just to make it smaller for your liking.

Lasso Tool- This tool is also common to many people. The use of this tools is that you select a part of your picture and it lets you draw on your photo. 

Text Tool- This by far the most common tool used to this day. The use of this tool is that it allows you to be able to add a test to your photo.

What buttons do you push to "Undo" a mistake you made?

What you would push to undo a mistake that you made all you do is press Command-Z(mac) or CTRL-Z(pc) therefore it will allow you to go back to your last action.

What can you open to "undo" more than one mistake? How do you open it?
If you want to undo more than one mistake than you would have to pull up the history palette you do this by going to windows-->history menu. The history palette docked in a bar on the right site of the screen. Click on the various icons to display the windows, or you can grab the windows and drag them to other parts of the screen.

How do you rotate an image?
In order to rotate an image all your have to do is go to the image menu and select image rotation. Most likely will have to select either 90 degrees Counter Clockwise (90 CCW), or 90 Clockwise (90 CW) depending on which way the photo is situated. Click 180 degrees if the photo is completely upside down.

If you don't like the initial cropping box you drew, how can you change it before you make your crop?

If the cropping box you drew was not exactly the way you liked it then all you have to do is click on your mouse cursor change into different arrows that indicate how that anchor point will shape the crop.

Under the heading "Resizing while Cropping" when you enter dimensions as you crop, what are you telling Photoshop to do as you crop your image? HINT: it involves ratios.

Basically you are telling Photoshop which dimensions the image should result in after your crop. This is sometimes at the center of some confusion because if you lock in dimensions, your crop box will be forced into a certain ratio.

What is the correct resolution for newsletters and newspapers?
Newsletters and newspapers are likely to require resolutions in the range of 150 to 200 ppi. 

What is the correct resolution for magazines?
Magazines are likely to prefer high resolution images of 250 ppi or more.