Revert to a previous image state – Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual

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USING PHOTOSHOP CS4

Workspace

Last updated 1/10/2010

Photoshop History panel
A. Sets the source for the history brush B. Thumbnail of a snapshot C. History state D. History state slider

Keep the following in mind when using the History panel:

Program-wide changes, such as changes to panels, color settings, actions, and preferences, are not reflected in the
History panel, because they are not changes to a particular image.

By default, the History panel lists the previous 20 states. You can change the number of remembered states by
setting a preference. Older states are automatically deleted to free more memory for Photoshop. To keep a
particular state throughout your work session, make a snapshot of the state.

Once you close and reopen the document, all states and snapshots from the last working session are cleared from
the panel.

By default, a snapshot of the initial state of the document is displayed at the top of the panel.

States are added to the bottom of the list. That is, the oldest state is at the top of the list, the most recent one at the
bottom.

Each state is listed with the name of the tool or command used to change the image.

By default, when you select a state, the states below it are dimmed. This way you can easily see which changes will
be discarded if you continue working from the selected state.

By default, selecting a state and then changing the image eliminates all states that come after it.

If you select a state and then change the image, eliminating the states that came after, you can use the Undo
command to undo the last change and restore the eliminated states.

By default, deleting a state deletes that state and those that came after it. If you choose the Allow Non-Linear History
option, deleting a state deletes only that state.

Revert to a previous image state

Do any of the following:

Click the name of the state.

Choose Step Forward or Step Backward from the History panel menu or the Edit menu to move to the next or
previous state.

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