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How to: create History snapshots
When working on an image, retouching a picture, it is sometimes really useful to come back a few steps in your work to compare the old version to the new one with the changes. Thanks to the history panel, Photoshop allows you to do that in a few clicks without having to undo all changes until the desired state of your image!
When working on an image, retouching a picture, it is sometimes really useful to come back a few steps in your work to compare the old version to the new one with the changes. It allows you to see if you really did some improvements, and eventually to compare two versions of the same image.
Thanks to the history panel, Photoshop allows you to do that in a few clicks without having to undo all changes until the desired state of your image!
For that you will need the history panel, it is usually to the right side of your workspace. If not go to Window > History.
- Select a “before” state by coming back a few steps in your history panel
- Click the New snapshot button at the bottom of the History panel.
- Select an “after” state by going forward a few steps in the history panel.
- Create another snapshot with the new snapshot button.
And you’re done. You can now choose to display one state or the other by clicking on the snapshot at the top of the history panel. That’s an easy way to compareyour two versions and decide which one is better than the other!
Thanks to Smashing Magazine for this great recipe!
Jun 01 at 19:52
Simple and yet very very useful tutorial. History snapshot creation can indeed help save you a lot of time, and bring quality over your works. Thanks for sharing.
Jun 03 at 01:22
I use the history pallet all the time, and new about the snapshot, but have never used it. I will now. Thanks
Jun 16 at 11:14
Nice tip! I like to use the history pallet to add a copyright watermarks to my images fast and simple.
Jun 16 at 11:19
opps.. I meant actions for watermarks….my bad. Snapshots with the history pallet are nice for hand drawing.
I would like to see a new tutorial for HDR in photoshop!
Jul 28 at 18:25
This is a very useful tip. Too many times have I gone too far with changing a design and been unable to ‘Undo’ out of it – wasting hours of my time.
Aug 19 at 04:29
awesome tip. i go back all the time checking if the direction i’m going in is really improving things, especially with color correcting work.
i’ve lost work like the above poster many times.
Dec 01 at 00:47
Thanks for all the tutorials, you have been a lifesaver. I can now do all my photoshopping myself and don’t have to outsource it.