What does the History Brush Tool do?

• A. Paints a recreation of the selected state or snapshot
• B. Deletes the selected area
• C. Applies filters to the current layer
• D. Creates a new history state from the current pixels

Answer: (A)

The History Brush Tool lets you repaint parts of your image using how those parts looked at a saved earlier moment. You pick a past state or snapshot from the History panel, then brush over areas to apply the pixels from that state onto the current image. This creates a selective undo effect: you can restore detail or revert edits in specific regions without changing the rest of the image. It isn’t about deleting something, applying filters, or creating a new history state from the current pixels by itself; it uses the chosen past state as the paint source to reintroduce previous visuals where you brush.