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Content-Aware Fill feature is greyed-out in Photoshop

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

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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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Elijah Richard

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make sure the layer that you are trying to fill isn't locked

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Chance Maple

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Hello, Suzane. I had this same question today, and the way that I solved it was by using the lasso tool (L) to select a smudge on my lens, hitting SHIFT + F5, clicking on "Contents:", and clicking on content-aware. I hope this helps anyone who stumbles on this forum!

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julijulivan

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I tried this, but unfortunately it did not work for me either, but thank you.

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AdobePremierePro2019

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Rasterize the layer whose content you want to fill. It should work.

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casper11

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I don't know if this is the most appropriate way to resolve this issue, but it worked for me.

- After image is placed, I keep the layer selected and Command + J to duplicate it. (Work from this layer).

- Go to top: Layer > Smart Objects > Rasterize

- Once you've made your selection (with Lasso or Patch tool) you should be able to Edit Fill now.

I'm not sure why Smart Objects can't use Content Aware Fill seamlessly, but this way might help you.

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lucasp1360243

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casper11 escribió
I don't know if this is the most appropriate way to resolve this issue, but it worked for me.
- After image is placed, I keep the layer selected and Command + J to duplicate it. (Work from this layer).
- Go to top: Layer > Smart Objects > Rasterize
- Once you've made your selection (with Lasso or Patch tool) you should be able to Edit Fill now.
I'm not sure why Smart Objects can't use Content Aware Fill seamlessly, but this way might help you.

That works for me. Thank you so much.

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

Can you show screen shots? Maybe you're on a layer that can't use content aware fill, like a smart object.

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husseinAA

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I keep coming to this thread and comment like a dumb person doing the same mistake all over again!

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julijulivan

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Hi I'm trying to extend parts of a background layer duplicate which is not locked. It doesnt seem to matter what kind of selection I have, content aware and many other options are still grayed out.

when not selected I can at least transform and scale up. but I would like to extend parts of the image using content aware fill.

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msnoreaster

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I've has PS for 24 hours and already my content aware button under fill is grayed out. I watched a video on repairing damaged pix's, so if the above "did I make a selection first?" comment is supposed to make me feel better about PS, or teach me something, It did not. I shut down restarted. HOW DO I GET CONTENT AWARE back???????

Norman Sanders

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Which one?

Did you remember to make a selection first?

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