P: PS 27.9.1 & Later Content Aware Fill – "Crop Expand Image"

Adobe. If you read this full thread. You see there is clearly possible to reproduce this. As other users have reported. I expand backgrounds on several hundreds of images a month. This does not work above version 27.8. There has to be a change made since this version? When do you actually consider to look into this issue? The feedback here from Adobe is absolutely useless. I’ve been making videos and posting system reports for about zero useable response. Now in the thread confirmed others have this issue too. 

Hi, Have you been able to find a solution, any working update? I’m getting really annoyed of the way Adobe handles this issue, It’s a fundamental feature in PS and not a “hyper super ai generative fill feature”. Really tired of this. 

Hi ​@nathalie0D4C,

Thanks for reaching out, and apologies for the experience. I’m glad to hear that version 27.8 is working well for you. Whenever you have a few minutes, could you please share a few screenshots showing the before and after results of Content-Aware Fill? This will help us better understand the behavior you were experiencing.

It would also be helpful if you could share your System Info with us. You can find this by going to Help > System Info in the application. Please copy and paste the full report here.

Once we have these details, we’ll be able to investigate the issue further and assist you accordingly.

Depuis la version 27.9, l’option “Remplissage d’après le contenu” dans la fonction Recadrage n’a plus le même comportement que dans les versions précédentes : l’outil génère des éléments irréalistes dans les parties à compléter et modifie certaines zones de l’image.
Même comportement avec la version 27.10.

J’ai réinstallé la version 27.8 pour retrouver le bon fonctionnement initial de cette fonctionnalité que j’utilise régulièrement (complétude des zones manquantes uniquement et selon les éléments proches de la zone).

Hi ​@Carefree_artd703 

Thank you for reaching out, and apologies for the experience. To help us better understand and investigate the issue, could you please share the following details?

• System information: Please go to the Help menu, select the option to copy your system information, and paste the complete details here.
• Screenshots or video: Share a few screenshots showing the before and after results, or a short video demonstrating the workflow.
• File-specific or general: Does the issue occur with a specific file, or does it happen with all files?
• Sample file: If possible, please share a sample file where you are experiencing the issue.
• Recent update: Did the issue start after a recent application update?
• Generative Expand: Are you already using Generative Expand? If so, does it produce the same result?

These details will help us narrow down the cause and investigate further.

crop tool with content aware and gen-extend  basically selecting in bound pixel of image and destroying existing pixel  

Dear Adobe,

Content Aware Fill, to expand backgrounds is extremely useful. At least in my workflow. Since version 27.9 I have not yet been able to get it working. I’m back on 27.8 where everything is working. Was there a Graphics Engine update recently, (in 27.9) could be causing this? I mainly see the error in slightly larger files (4000px and above) and 16 bit (the format I work in). If you try to replicate, do the background CAF several times and scale the image and try again. It’s occasionally working ok, but 9/10 not. I hope you consider this as a important issue. It’s in the basic fundamental function in PS, we have had for many years now. I’m a full time photographer an retoucher, so at the moment I’m not able to update PS, which for me is a major issue working professionally. I have reported on the issue earlier but without any solutions. I give it a “last” try here. Attaching the System Report and a Screen Recording.

Regards,

Patrik

Was not the Graphics Engine in Photoshop rebuilt recently? Introduced in v27.9.1?

If this is the case, is this not a highly likely reason for the suddenly appearing graphics related error, which it all looks like. As mentioned. All is fine in 27.8.

M1 Mac Studio + all the latest Mac OS, deleted/reset of PS prefs, tried Beta with same Issue, I strongly believe my system are all ok, the bug is not in my system or computer.

I have the same issue on 27.10, I work on a MAc Studio M4, 64 1TB, never had this issue till I updated to 27.10. I did a lot of reading and tried a few things, I got it to temporarily go away but it keeps coming back. it seriously disrupts my workflow, sure hope you have a abug fix update soon.

Hi Patrik,

Yes, if the same file/process works correctly in 27.8 but produces the lighter edge in 27.9.1, that does sound like a regression in the Content-Aware Crop/Expand behavior.

As a workaround, you could expand the canvas first and use Content-Aware Fill manually. I’d also report it to Adobe with the exact steps and a sample file so they can reproduce it.