Problem with generative fill

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July 26, 2025
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Generative fill seems to be unavailable on Photoshop. It's greyed out in the Edit menu and I can't use it from the contextual taskbar.

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Correct answer creative explorer

@jshakoor did you not make a selection? Typically you need to have a selection made with one of Photoshop's selection tools to activate Generative Fill. If it's greyed out, it means Photoshop doesn't detect a valid selection

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

If the previous posters should not have solved the issue already please post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, Contextual Task Bar, …) visible.

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jshakoorAuthor

Known Participant

The problem has been resolved.

I should have said that sooner. Sorry about that.

Thanks a lot.

Bojan Živković11378569

Community Expert

Also check the bit depth—Gen Fill appears to be unavailable in 32-bit mode.

creative explorer

Correct answer

Community Expert

@jshakoor did you not make a selection? Typically you need to have a selection made with one of Photoshop's selection tools to activate Generative Fill. If it's greyed out, it means Photoshop doesn't detect a valid selection

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