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Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
August 30, 2024
Question

P: Generative Expand (CR)

  • August 30, 2024
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Updated on July 7th, 2026.

This post is to collect in-app customer feedback on the Generative Expand feature in Camera Raw. 

 

Generative Expand seamlessly blends the edges of your existing image with newly generated content that naturally fits into the background without taking away from your photo’s original subject. Some use cases for Generative Expand are:

 

  • Expand the canvas for images that were accidentally cropped 
  • Fill in the edges of Geometry Edits
  • Adjust the aspect ratio of a photo for social media 

 

We'd love to hear what it does well, what it doesn't, and how you'd like it to work. 

 

Please also include the following details in your post: 

 

  • Camera Raw version
  • System details
  • Example image(s) if you wish to share

 

Our team continually monitors this thread. Thanks!


Thanks!

Peter Baust - Dir, Product Management

Posted by: Rikk Flohr

61 replies

Participant
November 22, 2024

I can't see the Crop & Expand panel when I'm in Camera Raw. Also, the Generative Expand option in greyed out. It's the same in both versions of Photoshop. I'm in 8-bit and RGB mode. I've also checked the New Features in the Preferences. 

Erik Bloodaxe
Legend
November 26, 2024

Are you referring to the Camera Raw filter which is accessed from Photoshop? Crop is not available using the filter.

Participant
November 11, 2024

Due to the low resolution, Genrative Expand in CR is currently unusable for serious work. Hope there will be appropriate resolution soon.

BrennanWest_Photog
Participating Frequently
November 3, 2024

Can we not have your Ai models reject Ai Expand on Nude Models please?  That would be great! 

 

All im doing is expanding my backdrops.  Its quite frustrating to use these Ai tools when I'm paying a company to use their tools but their tools tell me to kick rocks when im using those tools cause they dont "follow the guidelines"

semko
Participating Frequently
November 2, 2024

This is regarding Camera Raw 17 / Geometry on a Mac M1 / Sequoia
Auto geometry does not work on multiple images
All images are set as the first, instead of individually analysed and set accordingly.

Participating Frequently
October 31, 2024

the result is just a mush of colours, lacks detail and looks awful.

Participant
October 29, 2024

no funciona en photoshop 2024 imac 2020 128 ram

Participant
October 18, 2024

When generating additional variations, the previous variations disappear making it impossible to go back and keep one of those. Thanks.

Participant
October 17, 2024

The crop tool icon is missing. Instead, just the geometry tool icon.

Stuntflyer
Participant
October 15, 2024

ACR 17 - generative expand does not maintain noise levels as before expanding. Areas of expansion appear smeared. This is not happening is PS wherby content aware fill does not change the level of noise.