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patrikl
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Aug 24, 2026 9:52 AM UTC
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P: PS 27.9.1 & Later Content Aware Fill – "Crop Expand Image"

Hi,

Expanding the image while using the Crop Tool (the color in this case, about a solid gray) using Content Aware Fill - makes wrong color, in my case after expanding a lighter frame at the previous image edge borders and a lighter gray color is used for the expanded areas. Is this a known bug? I’ve downgraded to 27.8, no issues there.

Thank you,
Patrik

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patrikl
patriklAuthor
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Oct 15, 2026 9:19 AM UTC

Hi Adobe,

I’m still not able to use Content Aware Fill expand since version 27.9. I tried the last Beta today with no success. I keep it short here. I upload a video and the system info. Is the GPU Engine changed recently? It would be very interesting to know what’s changed since 27.9. There seems something unstable going on with this feature. Sometimes it can work, next try not, and more than often it fails. But at some occasions the first attempt works then not. So very unstable. The system info and video is attached. I look forward to your feedback. Thanks, Patrik

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patrikl
patriklAuthor
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Oct 6, 2026 6:16 PM UTC

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. 

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patrikl
patriklAuthor
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Oct 3, 2026 4:36 AM UTC

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. 

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Trevor.Dennis
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Oct 3, 2026 4:57 AM UTC

Have you been able to pin this down to a particular set of conditions?

Like OS and version

hardware (CPU, GPU, drivers)?

Does it happen with the beta version (if you have tried it).

I don’t use Content Aware Fill as much as I used to as I have a lot of Gen Creds, but I just tried it in 27.1 (release) and 27.12 (beta) and it seemed to work OK

What am I looking for?  Does Photoshop hang? Looking at the OP I think it was hanging when rotating the image with the crop tool.  Is that what you are seeing?

How big is the project?  

I’ve looked through the thread and only seen reference to Mac hardware and 16 bit images.  I am using Windows 11, but my gut tells me that if every Mac user out of the 42 million people with Photoshop, was having the same issue, we’d hear more about it, so can you tie it down?

This sort of issue is often GPU related, so have you tried this setting?

Note: I have no idea what hardware you are using.  

 

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patrikl
patriklAuthor
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Oct 15, 2026 11:53 PM UTC

Here you go Trevor. In the latest beta, it still fails to expand the image. A couple of hundred images to crop to the right proportions, is not where you use generative fill or should. This is basic editing and the feature (please see the video for details) have been working fine for many years. I’ve used ps since mid 90s :) so hopefully I understand when an error is occurring. For my clients I don’t think they care if it works for 42 million other ps users. They choose me because of my skills in photography and want me to deliver fast and at a high level.

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Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Community Manager
Oct 1, 2026 5:42 PM UTC

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.

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Thanks, Srishti Bali | Community & Engagement Strategist, Digital Imaging | Adobe
Participant
Oct 2, 2026 8:30 AM UTC

Bonjour ​@Srishti Bali 
Voici ma photo originale que je veux recadrer avec la bonne inclinaison et remplir les manques

Original

Voici mes options de recadrage (screen V27.10) :
 

Recadrage option “remplissage d’après le contenu”

Voici le résultat en V27.8
 

V27.8

et celui de la version V27.10 
 

V27.10

J’ai volontairement choisi une photo un peu chargée pour montrer la bonne adéquation de la version V27.8
Je vous remercie de vos conseils

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patrikl
patriklAuthor
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Oct 3, 2026 4:01 AM UTC

Too bad by Adobe to not fixing this fundamental feature in Photoshop. 

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Participant
Oct 1, 2026 4:07 PM UTC

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).

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Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Community Manager
Sep 29, 2026 3:14 PM UTC

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.

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Thanks, Srishti Bali | Community & Engagement Strategist, Digital Imaging | Adobe
patrikl
patriklAuthor
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Oct 6, 2026 6:45 PM UTC

I’m a full time photographer and retoucher (for over 20y) I have serious issues as well with CAF expand image (using the crop tool) since version 27.9. The pixels/expand get distorted, it doesn’t use the surrounding pixels correctly. There has to be a change made in Photoshop since then? This is a feature I use daily doing several hundreds of images a month, so I’m stuck on version 27.8. When can we expect to see a fix? 

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Participant
Sep 29, 2026 10:05 AM UTC

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

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patrikl
patriklAuthor
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Sep 28, 2026 4:18 PM UTC

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

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patrikl
patriklAuthor
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Sep 15, 2026 12:10 PM UTC

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.

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JoseLFashionPhoto
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Sep 13, 2026 8:24 PM UTC

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.

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Inspiring
Sep 14, 2026 1:33 PM UTC

Same here! My workflow has been almost doubled and it’s slowing me down significantly. I’ve been trying to work around it but it’s hard when I have to force quit often and have to re-edit my work again. 

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