How to Use the Art History Brush in Photoshop

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The Art History Brush in Adobe Photoshop CS3 allows you to use a history source within your Photoshop document to serve as the basis of a painted overlay. You can create unique and interesting features with the Art History Brush and enhance your Photoshop document.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Step1

Start Adobe Photoshop CS3 and open an existing document that contains a history source that you would like to use with the Art History Brush.

Step2

Click in the box to the left of the state you want to use as a history source in the "History" palette. A picture of a brush will appear in the box once you have clicked it.

Step3

Choose the "Art History Brush" from the Photoshop toolbox. This tool is paired with the "History Brush" so you may have to hold your mouse on the button and select "Art History Brush" from the drop-down list that appears. The settings for the "Art History Brush" will be displayed at the top of the screen in the Options bar.

Step4

Select the type of brush you would like to use from the "Brush" drop-down box on the "Options" bar. You can also set the "Mode" and "Opacity" option for the Art History Brush.

Step5

Choose a style, area and tolerance for the Art History Brush from the "Options" bar. Use the "Style" drop-down list to choose the type of style you want to use along with the brush. Type a value for the area you want to cover with paint strokes in the "Area" text box. Use the "Tolerance" slider to select how you want to limit where brush strokes can be placed in the document.

Step6

Click and drag the Art History Brush over the document. Experiment with different directions and concentrations of brush strokes to get the type of look you want for your Photoshop document.