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Hello everybody, this is Yasmeen from Yarkspiri Fantasy Art .com
Today, I'll be going through two different tools that you may not have heard of.
The first tool is the history brush and the second is the art history brush tool.
Both of these tools work in a similar manner but produce different end results.
Before we begin I have to duplicate my background layer since I won't be able to apply the changes otherwise.
I also need to have my history panel open to use the history brush properly.
As you can see in my history channel, I've duplicated the layer.
I've also create a new layer which I'm going to fill in with a base color.
I've just filled in this layer with a bright yellow color so that you'll be able to see changes I make.
What the history brush does, is it goes back into your history, once a point is history has been selected.
It allows you to go back in that point in history, and allows you to paint in the area's that you which to keep.
For example, if I change my image to grayscale and I wanted to add the color I originally had in specific areas, I will be able to.
I can create a filter adjustment layer instead which would also allow me to paint in the areas that I wanted to be affect with a mask.
Or I could use the history brush tool instead.
For this example I'm going to be using the history brush tool so I can show you how it actually works.
Like I said before, I will need to have my history open in order to use this tool.
Make sure to open this before you start.
I need to select the point in which I duplicated my background.
That's where I'll want to go back in my history.
I have to click on the square in order to properly select that point in history.
Now when I use the brush tool, I can paint in the area's that I want to go back into my history.
Many of the features that are regularily available in the brush tool are currently available with this tool.
I do have my full selection of brushes that I choose from and modify.
I can change the blending mode that's being applied to this brush.
I can change the brush opacity and I can change the flow of the brush.
Those attributes have not changed for this brush at all and are therefore still available.
The only time when these attributes change is when I begin using the art history brush tool.
What that tool will do is it'll add textures to your image.
So if I click in the art history brush tool, I need to select the layer I want to modify.
I'm going to click on the box besides the point in history so that I can use the art history brush tool.
It needs to be at the specific point prior to the changes that I've made otherwise nothing will happen.
I can change the blending style that I want to use for this drawing.
Depending on the size of my brush it'll begin painting in the effects for that point in history.
What this brush is doing is it's sampling the information from that point in history to give it a more painted look.
If I begin to reduce my brush size. It's creating smaller strokes and sampling more often.
It's causing the image to become closer to what it originally was.
So now you're able to begin to make out the character more.
You can now almost make out the words that I had, now that I've reduced the size of my brush.
If I make this even smaller, you begin to see even more detail.
This tool has given this image a more painted look than what it originally had.
So if I zoom in, you'll see that the texture that's been applied actually resembles brushstrokes.
This is a very easy way of achieving that effect with an existing image or picture that you may have.
Now depending on which style I chose, I'll be able to get a different effect.
If I use the curl style and I increase the brush size so that you can see it.
You can see that it's added a more circular brush stroke instead to the image.
If I decrease the brush size, it becomes more true to the original drawing that I had.
The smaller the brush is, the more accurate it is the original source material.
this is just a simple example of how you can use the art history brush or the history brush tool.
In most cases you're not going to actually need this brush if your doing a digital painting.
You would use this if you're trying to achieve a more painted look and there are other tools which can achieve the same results.
If you go to the standard brush tool, you can use the mixer brush tool instead to paint in similar effects.
This is simpler for those of you who may not be painters or who are trying to achieve that effect.
Anyone who's used photoshop will be aware that you've used this tool.
This isn't exactly a tool that you'll use everyday.
You may end up using the history brush tool if you're converting this image to grayscale and re-painting the colors in afterwards.
As I said before, there's multiple methods of achieving this effect and it's really up to you to choose the one you want to try.
That's it for this weeks tutorial, I hope you guys enjoyed it and I hope to see you guys soon. Thank you and take care.