Often, when working with any program and even on any server, you can cancel the action. The fact is that errors or typos are inevitable, as well as accidental keystrokes, so there is the opportunity to return everything as it was.
In this article, we’ll talk about how to undo an action in Photoshop CS6. Often, newcomers, having done something wrong, believe that nothing can be fixed. But this is not so. Let’s see what actions can be taken if a rollback is necessary when working with the program. For clarity, the article presents illustrations.
Basic information about working in the Photoshop program
"Photoshop" - a very complex graphics program that has many functions to create various special effects. Any photo can be changed beyond recognition, or create a fabulous collage. But for everything to turn out beautiful and look perfect, you need to adhere to a certain sequence of actions.
Even a professional can make a mistake, in addition, he constantly studies, experiments, compares. Therefore, in a similar program, the cancellation function can not do. Only unlike the same office programs, the curved arrow, which means cancellation, is hidden here in the menu. In addition, there is a function to roll back several recent actions at once.
More on this below. And now briefly consider all options for how to undo an action in Photoshop CS6:
- through the horizontal menu;
- using hot keys;
- through the "History" window.
Perhaps these three options are quite enough, but the last two are the most convenient and demanded.
What are the reasons for canceling actions?
There are many reasons why you can undo an action. For example, you made an inscription in a photo using the Brush tool, but it turned out ugly. And you thought about how to cancel the action in Photoshop CS6. You can, of course, use the Eraser tool, but the contents of the entire active layer will be erased.
That is, you have active layer "Photo_1" with the image of a flower. And against its background, you made the inscription "From March 8!". Thus, using a virtual eraser, you risk deleting not only the text, but also the background. To avoid this, it is better to cancel the action.
Another situation: when working with layers, the master realized that the photo is not very successful. It is necessary to cancel several actions at once in order to return not to the original drawing, but to the moment when everything turned out beautifully. You can easily and quickly do even this procedure.
Above we briefly listed how to undo the last action in Photoshop CS6, as well as several at once. It is now worth starting a detailed study of the cancellation process.
Cancel via the "Edit" menu
Open the Photoshop program. Download the desired image and apply several actions to it, for example: discolor and apply the inscription in different colors with a brush. To undo the action with the last brush, move the cursor to the top of the screen where the horizontal menu is located. Select the second “Edit” item. Pay attention to the top three teams:
- "Cancel".
- "Step forward".
- "Step back".
These commands were invented by chance. Let's go back to the example with the text written with a brush. You made a mistake, or you didn’t like it when you drew the first letter. Need to go back. You have two ways: click or Cancel, or Step back. But if you had already drawn two letters, and you need to erase both, then you need to “Cancel”, press twice. If you consider that the command was applied in vain, then click "Step Forward" and the text will return.
To better understand how to undo an action in Photoshop CS6 using menu commands, we recommend that you practice. In addition, if you wish, you can memorize the hot keys that are indicated to the right of the command names in the menu. That is, if you press Ctrl + Z on the keyboard, you will immediately return the image to its previous state.
Cancel through the History window
And now we’ll explore a more complex process - how to undo several actions in Photoshop CS6. To do this, you need to make the "History" window open (it usually goes as a separate tab with the "Layers" and "Properties" windows). If it is not, then in the "Window" menu, find the "History" item.
It is in it that the sequence of actions and the names of operations are indicated. You need to select the bottom operations, which are redundant, or check the unnecessary commands selectively and click "Trash" at the bottom of the window, agreeing with the deletion action.
We hope that you were able to understand how to cancel the action in Photoshop CS6. There is nothing complicated, and most importantly - you can choose the most convenient way.