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History Brush Tool

Are layers and masks to complicated for you? Well, this is a sample tutorial of how can you use the "History Brush Tool" of Photoshop to improve your images without messing with layers and masks. I'm sure there are better ways to get to the same final result, but this technique doesn't use too complicated steps so I hope someone find it useful.
v3/58/12158/3/45273157.ctf_history_brush.jpg Step 1. Open your picture.
Step 1. Open your picture.		 Step 2. Create a Duplicate Layer.
Step 2. Create a Duplicate Layer.		 Step 3. Blue, Blue Sky, using Levels
Step 3. Blue, Blue Sky, using Levels
Step 4. Choosing the History Brush Tool
Step 4. Choosing the History Brush Tool		 Step 5. Select a brush size.
Step 5. Select a brush size.		 Step 6. Returning where we started.
Step 6. Returning where we started.		 Step 7. Half of our trip.
Step 7. Half of our trip.
Step 8. Using other adjustments.
Step 8. Using other adjustments.		 Step 9. Placing the History Brush Mark again
Step 9. Placing the History Brush Mark again		 Step 10. Erase again.
Step 10. Erase again.		 Step 11. We are done!
Step 11. We are done!
The results.
The results.

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Chip Curley25-Jun-2005 18:30
Great help on the History Brush in Photoshop. I have some great looking skies now!
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