How to use content-aware fill in the 3D workspace?

Question

I want to remove the tripod from a spherical panorama. This is hard to do in an equirectangular projection so I thought I would use "3D > Spherical Panorama > New Panorama Layer from Select Layer(s)". I'm having two problems with this. First, upon converting the image to a panorama layer it becomes extremely dark: 2-3 stops under exposed. Second, "Edit > Content-Aware Fill..." is unavailable and when I use "Edit > Fill..." and select "Content-Aware" it does an unsusally poor job of being aware of the content. It mostly just fills in with black. 
How can I use this tool more effectively?
 
Thanks!

davescm · Answer

HiOn the darkness issue. A few versions ago, the process of moving a 16 bit file into 3D changed. It requires the checking of Linearize Colors in 3D Scene Properties. Unfortunately, in their wisdom the developers have hidden that Scene property in Spherical Panorama so the colours look incorrect. There are two workarounds.1. Work in 8 bit - unfortunately that can introduce banding in skies2. Convert to 32 bit before importing. Then Convert back to 16 bit after exporting using Exposure and Gamma option. That overcomes the level shift but means that many tools are unavailable. Not good &#128542;Dave

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