Looking at History Options

You can change the behavior of the history by selecting options in the History Options dialog box. In the History Palette pull-down menu, choose History Options to view or change these settings (see Figure 11.3):

Figure 11.3: Use this dialog box to change the behavior of the history.

• Automatically Create First Snapshot produces a snapshot of the original image upon opening it and places its thumbnail at the top of the History palette (see the next section, Working with Snapshots ).

• Automatically Create New Snapshot When Saving generates a snapshot of the current state when saving and adds its thumbnail to the top of the History palette.

• Allow Non-Linear History enables you to discard or edit a previous History state without deleting more recent states.

• Show New Snapshot Dialog By Default automatically displays the Snapshot dialog box when a new snapshot is created, prompting you to name the snapshots as they are made.