6. Working with the History Panel

What You’ll Do

Set History Panel Options

Work with Linear and Non-Linear History

Control the Creative Process with Snapshots

Duplicate a History State in Another Document

Save the History State of a Document

Review the History State Text File

Combine the History Brush with a History State

Use the Art History Brush

Change the Eraser Tool into the History Brush

Control History States

Introduction

Adobe introduced the History panel in Photoshop 5, and the graphic design world hasn’t been the same since. On an elementary level, the History panel gives you the ability to perform multiple undos. Think of History as a magical mistake correction tool that never wears out. However, the History panel does much ...

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