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This is a common complaint and is due to the fact that certain filters will only work in 8-bit RGB color modes. So when filters are grayed out, it is usually because you are in a CMYK or LAB color mode.

The option to turn tool tips on and off is found in Preferences > General.

A general rule of thumb is to use gifs for illustrations and images that contain large areas of flat color, and to use jpgs for photographs and images with continuous tones. The jpg format has a very good compression rate, but compression reduces the quality of the image, so experiment until you have the optimal quality/file size.

Some people have turned editing images into a science and an art form all rolled into one, but it is possible to get some good results by just hitting a few buttons that have the word ‘Auto’ written on them. Most digital images will benefit from a couple of simple ‘quick fixes’ to optimise the color and contrast. The camera may have done a reasonable job but the chances are that Photoshop will be able to further improve the image (well that’s why you purchased the software right). If you are new to digital image-editing then Photoshop will complete these steps automatically with just a click of the mouse and do a pretty good job pretty much most of the time. Just duplicate the original image first (just in case you make a pig’s ear out of things and want to start again).

Go Edit/Preferences/Units & Rulers and change the Set Units from Inches to Pixels. But to set this as the default you must make sure not to have any documents open at the time.