How to Use the Photoshop History Menu

Most people use their history menu in Photoshop to undo things or restore a document to a previous state, but  did you know that you can actually jump back in time with the history menu, keeping your current document intact? Non-linear history allows you to do just this!

Here’s how it works:

Open up your history menu, by clicking the History Menu Tab or from your Main Menu, use –>Window –> History. Once you have your History Menu active, go into the upper right corner and click the little options icon. This will open an options menu to select “History Options” Click on this option. This will open your History Menu options. Review the options that are checked and ensure that “Allow Non-Linear History” is checked. Once satisfied, choose “OK.”

Turning this feature on, allows you to work on any stage of the document without disturbing the other saved history. So for instance, if you like the current stage you have with your document, but want to restore something from a previous stage, you can now jump back in history and it won’t actually destroy anything you’ve done on your current document.

Have fun!

Photoshop Tools and Menus

Here is a quick Photoshop demo to showcase the basic navigation of Photoshop and how to use the Photoshop menus, tools and main menu bar. If you are a total beginner to Photoshop, you’ll need to know where everything is. This tutorial will walk you step-by-step how to hide or show menus, how to access hidden tools and how to rearrange your workspace.

Painting in Photoshop

Robots and Machines

Just thought I would share a painting that I recently started in Photoshop. I went to the movies this past weekend and saw Iron Man. It reminded me of my early days of drawing when I use to draw robots and machines. I just loved every minute of it. I’ve been struggling with my drawing doing them all with a mouse, rather than a wacom tablet. Read the rest of this entry »