SAVE Ruined Images in Photoshop with the History Tool

Learn how to use the two history tools, and a few preferences to make them more efficient.

Watch the video for a step-by-step breakdown in Photoshop ⬆️

What are the History tools?

The history tools allow you to access older states of your edit. The history panel keeps a log of all the changes you’ve made to your image, while the history brush can revert any changes you’ve made to a single layer.

Both tools are helpful if you’re editing destructively- meaning you’re baking your edits into minimal layers.

Later on in this course we will cover Smart Objects and Workflow, which will help you edit more non-destructively with more layers.

Practical Uses of the History tools

• Fixing mistakes in your image

• Documenting all the changes you’ve made

How to Work with the History tools

Watch the video tutorial above for a step-by-step breakdown in Photoshop.