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December 7, 2018
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P: Content aware tool not working

I'm trying to extend an image and when using the crop tool with the content aware box checked, it does nothing. I just used this tool yesterday with no problems. I'm assuming an update bug broke it. Any ideas??

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    DaveMan1000
    DaveMan1000
    Participant
    October 8, 2024

    Literally using it now and it just stopped working. Every time a select the option, it does absolutely nothing, as if the selection was never even made.

     

    Quiting a relaunching didn't fix it.

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      Mohit Goyal
      Community Manager
      Mohit GoyalCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      July 10, 2023

      Hi all,

       

      I know that many of you are already familiar with the "Content Aware Fill" tool in Photoshop, but I wanted to share a quick tip to help ensure that you use it correctly. It's important to note that at times the tool may be greyed out due to an incorrect workflow, so I hope this tip will be helpful for all levels of experience.

       

      Quick Tip: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/quick-tips-how-to-use-content-aware-f...

       

      Hope it helps.

       

      Thanks,

      Mohit

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        FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
        Inspiring
        July 28, 2021

        @Johan_Elzenga

        Thanks Johan, I did activated the screenshot for the menu bar, now is working. Great tool.

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        Elijah Richard
        Participant
        January 6, 2021

        Make sure your layer isn’t locked 

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        Elijah Richard
        Participant
        January 6, 2021

        Make sure your layer isn’t locked. 

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        Hannah Nicollet
        Community Manager
        Hannah NicolletCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        March 4, 2020
        Thanks for letting us know Paul. I'm looking into it and I'll update when I know more. Offhand I wouldn't think your OS would be related, but thanks for including that information. 

        Hannah
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        dennis bishop
        Participant
        March 4, 2020
        I've been using both Edit>Fill>Content Aware and the Edit>Content Aware Fill approaches with no problem.  Not until just now, that is.  And they both worked fine a few days ago.  When the suggestions offered here didn't work, I decided to bang my head against it with something else.  My selection had been made by Ctrl-clicking an old mask and inverting it.  (I'm reworking an image I'd done probably about five years ago.)  I replaced that selection with one made with the Lasso tool, and Edit>Content Aware Fill worked just like it's supposed to.  Trouble is, I have no idea why.  You'd hope it wouldn't matter how the selection was made.
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        FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
        Inspiring
        February 29, 2020
        Hannah - same problem with me now. Started happening this month. Before, when I used crop tool the content aware button was available whether a smart object or not. Now it's not there. I have two computers - one with Mac OS Catalina (no problems with that) and one with Mojave (where the problems lie). I don't want to update the Mojave due to its issues with other software that won't run on it. So - is it OS that's the problem, or something else? Thanks.
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        Joel xo
        Joel xo
        Inspiring
        September 27, 2019
        I think I may have figured it out. Seems to happen when there’s multiple layers and a Background layer. Turning the Background into a regular layer makes it work.
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        Hannah Nicollet
        Community Manager
        Hannah NicolletCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        September 26, 2019
        Hi Jody,

        Do you recall when you started seeing this? What was the last version you recall using of Photoshop where Content-Aware Scale worked? I'm trying to determine the version where it first broke.

        Thank you,
        Hannah
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