CS4 Question

[RandySmith]

Hey folks -

I'm having a strange problem I'm trying to figure out. Basically, here's what I am briefly trying to accomplish... 1) oval selection of an image 2) perform "select, modify, feather 250" 3) Ctrl-J to copy feathered selected area to a new layer 4) delete or modify copied layer 5) Use history brush to bring back original.

The funny thing is that when I do the above steps on a JPG photo, it work's 100% the way I want. However, in the process of trying to create a poster I saved a multiple layer file as *.PSD file. When I open this PSD file, I cannot do the above action without getting the illegal function circle. The history brush just worn' work.

I've done this before, but for some reason I'm just not recognizing why I can't use the history brush. (the layer was not moved, or anything after I opened it) in fact I can delete or modify other layers within this PSD and the history brush works okay, but just not on the layer I want it to. (This layer was imported JPG photo).

If this makes any sense, and you might have any ideas, please let me know.

Thanks for your time.
Randy

[RandySmith]

Some additional info. I tried the same thing with my laptop (CS3) and I get an error message "Could not use the history brush because the history state does not contain a corresponding layer" ... here's a screen capture. I must be doing something wrong, but can't get a handle on what is the source of the problem. I'm not finished doing the extraction of the images ... still a work in progress ...