Newbie Alert! *waves*

[Night Owl]

Hi, you can call me Bee. :wave:
I'm a new photoshop user and when I say new I mean new... two days!

I have a lot of questions.
First of all, I think I broke the program. xD
Whenever I open the program and try to paint something it comes up with a error message saying... "Could not use the history brush because the current color mode does not match that of the history state"...
I tried googling for a solution but it only came up with things that I've already tried. I've got it set to RGB color and yes the background is unlocked. I've tried selecting and unselecting every single setting and can't figure out why it's doing this. Knowing me it's something really simple that I've overlooked, so if anyone knows how to fix this it would be appreciated!
Oh and I'm using cs4 if that matters.

 

[dv8_fx]

Welcome Bee.

You didn't break your CS. The History brush isn't for painting. It selectively restores [SIZE=-2][SIZE=-1]color, detail, smoothness, saturation, or any other image attribute from an earlier point in a picture's history.[/SIZE][/SIZE] It's almost the same as the Art History Brush except that allows you paint with stylized strokes, using the source data from a specified history state or SNAPSHOT.

Why didn't the Brush work when you used it? Simply because you haven't created anthing yet. As an experiment, try doing something else with the image - erase something, delete something, use a filter on it .... then use the history brush..... it will revert the image to its original state.

 

[JgraphNet]

>...and when I say new I mean new... two days!

Hi Bee and welcome !
You are looking forward to many more days to come with Photoshop. Joining us is one step on the path.