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susane77866555
susane77866555
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July 18, 2015
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Content-Aware Fill feature is greyed-out in Photoshop

  • July 18, 2015
  • 16 replies
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My content aware button is greyed out.  Why?

 

{Moderator note: Edited the thread title}

    Correct answer Barrow-White

    I had this issue. When you have selected the area with the crop tool, go to the top bar. There you will see a cog button 'set additional crop options', click this to show the menu and make sure that Classic mode is turned off. For me that fixed the issue and content aware suddenly came back as selectable again.

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    Alexsandro37426734lxgd
    Participant
    May 16, 2024

    I had the same issue. If you look to right of the screen where you see your 'layer', ensure that the layer you are working with isn't locked. Once you unlock it, check and see if your content aware is freed up. It worked for me.

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    Gabriel23983531n13n
    Participant
    March 12, 2024

    I found the solution. Make sure you convert your image into a layer. The button wasn't greyed out anymore. 

     

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    robert29844853fthd
    Participant
    January 19, 2024

    You've placed your image (as a smart image), now go over to layers, right click and Rasterize Layer.

      Adrian J. Burrows
      Adrian J. Burrows
      Participant
      February 1, 2024

      this helped !!

       

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      kliftan32750971jk37
      Participant
      October 6, 2023

      pleas help photoshop content aware fill mission

       

      Mohit Goyal
      Community Manager
      Mohit GoyalCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      March 22, 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-fill-in-photoshop/td-p/13231725

       

      Hope it helps.

       

      Thanks,

      Mohit

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      Stella24503032ovxb
      Participant
      January 25, 2023

      Double click on the layer that the picture is on, until your picture is opened in a seperate tab. Now, if you use the crop tool, it should work (at least it did for me).

      katyn30243945
      katyn30243945
      Participant
      April 18, 2023

      I tried this as well and the content aware option is still greyed out.

      Barrow-White
      Barrow-WhiteCorrect answer
      Participant
      April 4, 2022

      I had this issue. When you have selected the area with the crop tool, go to the top bar. There you will see a cog button 'set additional crop options', click this to show the menu and make sure that Classic mode is turned off. For me that fixed the issue and content aware suddenly came back as selectable again.

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        stas5E6D
        Participant
        April 6, 2022

        OMG that took me 1,5h Thx!

        allnet7346113
        allnet7346113
        Known Participant
        October 3, 2021

        Make a selection in your image first, then choose the Fill button from the Edit menu.

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          ricardog93834481
          Participant
          March 15, 2021

          Check if this layer is linked with another layer that does not allow content-aware scale

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          Camden5C41
          Participant
          March 6, 2021

          You have to rasterize the layer that you want to use content-aware fill on. Just right click the layer and there is an option called "Rasterize Layer" Once you do that, the buttons shouldn't be greyed out.

            ApostolEmil
            ApostolEmil
            Participant
            December 25, 2021

            Yes indeed, it worked instantly for me. Much appreciated !

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