Photoshop :: Opinions Please: History-Actions:...
May 3, 2008
What is the deal with simply trying to have a saved repeatable (editable maybe even?) record of everything that was done to a file?
I never understood why the history palette doesn't just have a save option.
I can't even figure out what practical function the "snapshot" feature has.
So I figured out how to record the history in the metadata of a file. The problem is when trying many things and then selecting previous history state, the metadata does not purge the redundant and now NON-existant actions done to the file. Instead what is recorded is the action that was done, then an indication that you "selected previous history state". Code:
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May 27, 2009
Hi! I'm new to this forum and just recently started using photoshop. I am working on a project for my boyfriend and was wondering if I could get some opinions. I'm sorry if I have placed this in the wrong section. Does this photo look like it has been photoshopped?
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Jan 6, 2005
Aight i just finished this, but its not all the way done. Im still going to add a few things to it. But could you guys rate it for me, and possibly give me some pointers on how i could make it look better/ More realistic.
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Mar 11, 2007
I had a picture of some flowers that I took and I thought they came out pretty nice but the background was a mess. I have extracted before, many times but not really much with the extract tool. So I decided to give myself a project and to extract this picture using the extract tool and the history brush which I also never use. I knew these tools were available but always took alternate routes to extract.
I also sharpened the flowers, etc. It took me quite a while but it was a fun and educational project and I wanted to share my results and get some opinions. Here are the 2 pics, any comments are appreciated as I would really like to be able to master this technique. If you click on the extracted image you can see a bigger version of it.
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Aug 20, 2013
I am trying to learn layers and layer masks. I loaded an image, than control J to duplicate it. I then added a layer mask. Everything good so far. I then went to filters chose a blur. Then went to brushes with black as my foreground color, I just wanted to brush away the blur, and got an error message. "could not use the history brush because the history state does not have a corresponding layer."
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Mar 24, 2013
Everytime I try to use my history brush, that error pops up and I have no clue why. If I try to just open a blank document and use the brush it does not give me this error and I can "use" the brush but you cant see anything on the project.
so when this error happens im trying to do a project and say I place a file(picture) into the project and this is the very first thing I do. I place it, then I size the image down some. I then make a new layer to use the brush for behind the picture and then this is when I get the error. I have no clue what is wrong
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Apr 2, 2008
I have been searching everywhere for clues to which plugins and effects are the best. I have downloaded dozens of "pro plugins" only to find out they are all made from the same lame user programmable plugin architecture from ten years ago.
I am tired of installing all kinds of "pro" plugins and trying them all out just to discover how completely un-artistic and low quality they are. Code:
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Oct 8, 2008
I can only see how to delete the entire history in the history panel. Is there a way I can remove only selected states? I am using LR 1.4.
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Aug 31, 2004
I downloaded a couple of actions from the web to my actions palette and they worked fine, but then I got greedy and downloaded a few more and that’s when things went south. Now none of the actions work - by not working I mean when I mouse over the Play Selection icon at the bottom of the action palette I get that little circle with a line through it. This happens with the PS default actions as well (I also get the circle on the Stop Playing/Recording and Begin Recording icons).
Somewhere in the following is probably what messed things up.
I downloaded actions to my computer in zip files. Copied them over to the actions folder (or somewhere) and unzipped them. I went back to the actions palette and hit “load actions” and loaded them. On the second set of actions that I downloaded I remember thinking “why am I copying and pasting these files - I bet I should cut and paste them, so I did and that may have been the start of the great crumble of 2004. PhotoShop help says: (under Saving and loading actions) “Actions are automatically saved the the Actions Palette folder in PS7.0 Settings folder. If this file is lost or removed, the actions you created are lost”.
I have searched for the settings folder and couldn’t find it, but the actions still show up on the actions palette - they just don’t run.
I’m a little fuzzy on the details on the above steps. In fact, I probably did something different on each download.
one more thing, I reloaded PhotoShop, but still nothing.
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Nov 24, 2013
My computer crashed and I removed all apps and reinstalled so now none of my actions appear. However I do have a backup file of all of them and want to reinstall but before when I was using cs6 ( Im assuming same thing as CC as it was all on the subscription plan ) I would click actions then the right arrows and it would bring me a big screen of all the actions ( even the ones that were just preloaded in ps ) and it was a big box with all the actions and some options to record etc...Now that box isn't there and it's just a single column drop down menu.
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Nov 17, 2006
I like to put my actions somewhere special on my hardrive, not in apps folder.
Now, in past, when I saved actions CS2 would "remember" where this folder was, making real easy to save.
Lately, it keep defaulting to save as in the app folder-- even though I did navigate to my special area on last save as.
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Oct 25, 2011
I've been using AutoCAD since 97 and am currently running AutoCAD LT 2010. I've never used Paper Space because it just seemed easier to manage things with Layer Manager. At this point, I'm figuring out how to do it (slowly but surely). My question is this: do most of you use it and what are the advantages? Took me a long time to find out about double-clicking a viewport perimeter or just double clicking within the space of it.Â
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Jun 22, 2008
History states in Photoshop can be a life saver, they can be set up through PS preferences and managed through the history palette.
how many history states do you work with?
At the moment I'm working with 30.
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Sep 27, 2013
cs6 64bit comes with 20 history state
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with a computer with 16Gb and another pc with 32Gb , what value could i use?
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windows 7 64bit
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Feb 4, 2013
Frequently can not use the History Brush. I get an error message saying the history state dose not contain the corresponding layer.
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Oct 6, 2013
The tolerance feature of art history brush tool is explained in the reference as following:
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"A high tolerance limits paint strokes to areas that differ considerably from the color in the source state or snapshot"

When I try to use this tool on a image's original state (no difference with the history state) with the 100% tolerance setting, some of the areas can be brushed.

So, I'm a little bit confused about the function of the "tolerance" slider.
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Jul 27, 2004
When I save a document in photoshop I save it as psd but when I reopen it there is no history showing in the history pallete.
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Mar 4, 2007
is there a way to save a document's history with the file?
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Mar 27, 2009
Is there something like a plug-in that keeps track of the steps you make while doing a project? So when I look at an image a month later,I can look at the steps to remember how I pulled it off?
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Dec 16, 2004
Is there an easy way to delete several of the History lines all at once without getting rid of all the History.
I've been dragging each line to the trash bin but it's slow going if you have a lot to get rid of.
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Apr 12, 2006
I am doin a flipping of pages, you know when you lick your finger, grap the tip of the page and flip it over, lifting the page from its original flat position, in photoshop using the warp tool and image readywindow-animation.)
Now i have a few pages which look real enough to be seen as a flip.
I was wondering if there was a way to copy the warp tools deformation history of each position/stance to use on another layer, so all pages have more or less the same flipping technique applied to it?
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Oct 12, 2007
I am using Photoshop CS3 for a photography class. I was playing around with the Filters and Image Adjustments of one of my photos and my teacher really liked it. I thought I remembered what I did, but when I tried to replicate the result with another photo it didn't seem the same.
I saved the first one as a photoshop image. Is there any way I could find a history of exactly what I did to that first photo so that I can do it again to other photos?
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Dec 7, 2008
I have an image with a long history palette. I have been working with a burn tool. Accidentally I bumped the keyboard, and up comes the image with a new History State, just the Burn Tool with the History Brush. one line. I have none of the others. So, I dump that one in the garbage can. Slight name change but still the Burn Tool Histoy State. I notice the same statement on a second bar at the top, and the same bar having the minimize etc buttons. So, I click the lower bar, now I have an image with all the history states. I save the History state version and exit that screen. Now when I open the History tab, it opens behind the image! I reopen the saved History State image, same thing. All I can do is save the work, exit PS and start it again. The behavior is normal now, but of course minus the history states.
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Jun 1, 2009
how to use Photoshop CS3 for Macs, which had a history palate on the right side of the screen. It was way easy to undo and redo steps and it was super convenient to have. I recently downloaded Photoshop CS4 for my Windows laptop, and it doesn't have a history palate on the screen! It's been driving me crazy because I used it all the time on CS3.Does anyone know if CS4 for Windows has a history palate, and if so, how to get it onto my main screen?
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Apr 11, 2008
Windows Vista
PS3 Extended 10.0.1
I see how Photoshop CS3 uses the History Log for actions, but can it be set up to not only record the step but what was done in that step, i.e., a History Log entry shows "curves" but doesn't show that a "darker" preset was used in that step.
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Jun 8, 2008
When I use the history tool, it erases the image instead.
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Oct 7, 2004
ive aplied so manny filtes to make it that i cant remember how i did it, Is there any way to pull up a history of effects used in a saved pdf file?
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Jan 14, 2009
P'shop CS2
I ticked history log in my preferences. I've retained the data I needed in a txt file.
I've removed the history log in preferences.
Now I want to reduce the HUGE size of my tif file by removed the history log details, so that it is just an image file without all the data attached.
I tried under save as, but couldn't see any options to save without history log details.
Is there a way to remove the history log details from the tif file?
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Jan 15, 2009
From what I have read I think that I should be able to use as a source for the Art History brush any snapshot I have taken of an earlier layer. But when I tick the left hand box (ie put the Art History icon there)to make a snapshot active and then put the mouse cursor over the top layer of the image, I get an error message saying "Could not use the art history brush because the history state lacks a corresponding layer". But I can paint into it (the top layer) using the original image (with the art history brush icon next to it). In other words, I cannot use the art history brush with any snapshot as source.
What I am trying to do is have available two or three layers with different retouching treatments of the same image as snapshots so that I can paint them in to a new blank, but color filled, top layer. So, I want to have for example, a layer with little detail, another with lots of detail and another with increased color saturation and be able to add these by art histor brush into the blank top layer (which is filled with a background color).
I thought this should be possible. At the moment all I can use is the original image as an art history source.
I'm using CS4.
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Nov 27, 2006
I used several filters to get the perfect look on a image but I have saved the file and when I reopen it the history is gone.
Is there any way to tell what I originally did to get the picture this way so that I can do it again?
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Sep 28, 2006
How do you let the history window hold more then 25 actions?
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