Creating a new document from the current state

As you work with an image, you might decide you want to make a dramatic turn. Maybe it's …to do a spot color effect or a desaturation or black-and-white conversion. It's often …a good idea to go ahead and keep a before and after state opened. And because of RAM …in the History panel, we can do this very quickly. …Simply choose Window > History and you'll see the recent changes you've made to your image. …If I pull this down, in fact, I could see everything that I've done this photo since …I've opened it. If you start to make a lot of changes, you can actually run out of history states, …so under your Preferences menu you have the ability to define how many states are available.…

Notice in the Performance section the default is 20 history states, but you can bump that …up if needed. The thing I really want to point out here though is the little button at the …very bottom. Clicking this will go ahead and create a new document from the current state. …So, once you've done that, it opens up the new file with all your layers intact. This makes …