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Resizing a photograph or resizing an image is something we all need to learn to do at some point in our lives, so let’s get on with it.

One thing to note when resizing a photo or image is that it’s always better to size down than to size up. The image’s quality will diminish the larger it gets but when you’re sizing down the quality of the image shouldn’t be affected.

The first thing you need to do is open a file in Photoshop that you want to work with. You should see something similar to this:

This image is a little bit too big, so we’re going to size it down to about half it’s size.

Click on “Image” at the top of the screen, then find the “Image Size…” option

Next a box will appear with a few different options.

The first thing you should do is check the box at the bottom of the window that says “Constrain Proportions”. If that box is checked the the image will stay in proportion, meaning if you change the height, the width will automatically adjust and if you change the width the height will automatically adjust. This is important so that your image won’t skew.

At the top of the box the first option is titled “Pixel Dimensions”. There are two drop down boxes to the right which allow you to select either “pixels” or “percent”.

For this image we decided we wanted it to be about half the size so we’ll select “percent” in both drop down boxes.

You will notice the number’s in the left box both change automatically to 100 (because the image is currently 100% of it’s size). I am going to change them to 50 so that the image will end up 50% of it’s original size.

If you have a specific pixel size you can enter it just the same way by selecting the “pixels” option instead of “percent” and entering the pixel number in the box to the left.

Once you are done, click “Ok”

Your image should appear in it’s new size on your screen like this

Congratulations! You can now resize an image in Photoshop!

Informational, instructional or comical, signs help you get your message across in a passive aggressive way.

From teens who need a “Stay Out” or a “Private, Please Knock” sign on their bedroom door, to basic instructions on how to use the coffee machine at work, this handy Photoshop tutorial will work nicely for any basic no frills type of sign you need to make.

Let’s get started, open Photoshop and you should see something that looks like this

Instead of opening a file in Photoshop like we have done before, this time we’re going to start a new file.

Top left corner select “File” and select “New…”

In the box that appears you can select from the dropdown what size of canvas you want to work on. Usually this is the size of paper you’re printing on.

I’m going to select A4. Then click “Ok”

You should see something that looks like this on your screen now.

In the tools on the left side of the screen you will see one of them is a “T” shape. Click the “T” and you’ll notice your cursor gets a little box around it.

You can either just click in the center of the white space to begin writing…

OR

Move your cursor to the top left of your page (white area) and click once and hold down the mouse button, then drag your mouse down and to the right until you end at the bottom right corner (yellow arrow) and release the mouse button.

You can leave a border like I have done, or use the entire canvas, it’s up to you.

Across the top of the screen a tool bar has appeared which allows you to edit the size of the text, the font, the style and the color.

Make your selections and then begin writing on your paper.

Save or Print your sign from the “File” dropdown at the top of the screen

Well done! You can now make signs for all occasions!

Let’s start at the very beginning. You want to begin working on a photograph or picture in Photoshop.

In order to work on the photo, you’ll need to be able to see it in Photoshop, here’s how to open a file in Photoshop.

You have opened Photoshop and you see a screen that looks something like this:

In the top left corner, click on “File” and move down to “Open”

Once you click “Open” you are able to select the file you want to use

Click on your chosen file and click “Open”

You will see your image appear in Photoshop

Congratulations! You are ready to begin working on your file!