I need simple instructions for backing up

I have an iMac running 10.7.4.
I have 4GB of memory
I have a T back up disk, which is set up to automatically back up each night.
I have not been able to back up now for over a week as it says I don't have enough room,
"this backup is too large for the bu disk. Reqires 400.74 but only has 368.52 GB avail.
How can I find out what files are designated by the Yellow bar?  The yellow bar is showing 400 GB of OTHER.
I work with PSE and moved all the PSD files over to the external drive (which really wasn't a lot of GB). I thought it would be more and would free up a lot of space so I could back up. So, I really don't know where to go from here. I'm self taught with no one to ask ??.  I tried to search on the board here but was too confused.
Would appreciate help.
thank you
Karen

Deleting data on your computer does not free up space on the backup drive. You would need to use the Time Machine application (in your Dock) to delete files from the backup.
Erasing the backup drive will not do anything to the main hard drive. But it will remove all your old backups. If that's not a desired result, then you can put this backup drive in storage, get a larger backup drive, and let Time Machine do a fresh backup on the new, larger backup drive.
Time Machine will automatically backup all mounted disk drives unless they have been specifically excluded in Time Machine preferences. It's quite possible that Time Machine backed up this other external drive while it was connected.
Please visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.

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