Skip to main content
B
buck-w
Known Participant
August 14, 2023
Question

Content Aware Fill Hard Edges

  • August 14, 2023
  • 4 replies
  • 1487 views

I just (very regrettably) updated Photoshop and content aware fill not does not work correctly.  In this case, I use it for sky fill on 360 drone images that have been processed into a cube map.  The top image has a black hexagon where the drone camera cannot shoot straight up.  It "was" a simple process,  Quick Selection Tool the black area, expand the selection 10 pixels, content aware fill and finished.  Now you get a preview, but when you except, you see the hard edge of the selection.  It does not blend into the rest of the sky at all.  Hardly a "Fill".

 

I would love for the AI fill to work, however I haven't been able to get it to stop creating goofy picture frames around the selection using black-to-sky gradients in various patterns.  The gist is:  AI to too stupid to know that an aware fill is supposed to seamlessly blend into the unselected areas.

 

Something tells me I can to it, but now after 20 clicks instead of 3.  Gosh, I love imporvements.

    This topic has been closed for replies.

    4 replies

    B
    buck-wAuthor
    Known Participant
    August 30, 2023

    Finally did another drone 360.  The _u (up) image of a cube map has the octagonal black hole in the sky to be filled (drone 360 software takes 8 slices of the scene).  Doing everything I said above, the ca fill had perfect seams when the filled octagonal selection was orthogonal.  The 4 selection seams at 45 degrees failed to blend into the background in this case.

     

    Interesting. Definitely botched algorithms as it always worked seamlessly regardless of selection edge orientation to the canvas.

      Jeff Arola
      Community Expert
      Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 23, 2023

      When you use the Quick Selection Tool do you have Enhance Edge checked in the tool options bar?

        Earth Oliver
        Earth Oliver
        Legend
        August 23, 2023

        ah, the good ol Enhance Edge that actually makes the edges worse. 

        George_F
        Community Expert
        George_FCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 23, 2023

        Do you feather the selection before moving on to Content-Aware Fill?  I just ran a quick test and found the hard edges of the selection also noticeable until I feathered them.  Same with Photoshop 2022.

        A tool that I like more than Content-Aware Fill is the new Remove Tool.  I find it works well enough that I usually don't even make a selection.  It's definitely work a try!

        George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer
        Jeff Arola
        Community Expert
        Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 22, 2023

        Have you tried resetting the photoshop preferences by going to Photoshop>Preferences (Settings)>General, clicking Reset Preferences On Quit and restarting photoshop?

         

        On Windows it's Edit>Preferences>General.

          B
          buck-wAuthor
          Known Participant
          August 30, 2023

          Not sure why I did it, but I did it.

            Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
            Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices