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Generative fill Expand background not expected result

Forum|Forum|11 months ago
February 24, 2025
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Hello everyone

I used to be able to expanding (generative fill) images with great success and high quality. Since the upgrade of Photoshop, it is no longer able to expand the image as previously in both Photoshop and Photoshop Beta. It looks like it is adding an element like a frame instand expanding image. What can be the problem and how to solve it?

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Secret5FE2

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Having the same problem. Instead of expanding the image or anything, it just adds an outline or frame around it. This never was a problem until after I "updated" photoshop recently. Adobe breaking things that worked fine, yet again. The generative fill is literally useless, now.

c.pfaffenbichler

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Please post meaningful screenshots to illustrate what you are complaining about.

c.pfaffenbichler

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Could you please post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, Properties Panel, Contextul Task Bar, …) visible?

SK321

Inspiring

Also, are you sure you're on the correct layer? I would recommend deselecting all your layers then pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+E on a Windows computer or COMMAND+SHIFT+OPTION+E on a Mac. This will create a new layer that's a combination of all your layers. Now do your crop and Generative Fill/Expand with this layer selected.

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Berry36921053ke9pAuthor

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Thank you, I will try.

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Berry36921053ke9pAuthor

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I found the problem in the past that the beta version of Photoshop was able to expand the background in one shot. I mean all around the image. Now you cannot do that. You have to expand left side and down side or up side and then right side and up side or down side.

SK321

Inspiring

No, you can still do this. When you go to do your crop, just make sure your Fill Mode (up at the top) is set to "Generative Expand" rather than "Transparent (default)".

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Berry36921053ke9pAuthor

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It works once, but not always and not in the same way 🙂 It is very strange.

melissapiccone

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Can you post an example? I just tried an image I've been using for years to teach generative crop and it works great.

Melissa Piccone | Adobe Trainer | Online Courses Author | Fine Artist

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Berry36921053ke9pAuthor

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I found the problem before, in the beta version you could expand the background all around the image in one shot. I mean using crop to expand the image by 1 inch around the image and click generate fill and it was done. You can no longer do that. You have to do the right side with up side or down side and after doing the left side with up side or done side.

SK321

Inspiring

How are you doing the expanding? I just tried this in PS version 26.3.0 and it worked fine.

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Berry36921053ke9pAuthor

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But why it doesn't expand the image like it should . It looks likes it fills the canvas when I expand it with colours, shadows, or frame but doesn't expand the image. Maybe I am doing something wrong ?

I use the crop tool expand the image and generate fill with th ai tool
Thanks

SK321

Inspiring

Yeah, typically if you crop the image, extend the crop beyond what you already have, then select the empty space and a little bit of your original image and Generate with no prompt added, it should just try to extend what you already have.

https://youtu.be/S-03awqbtqs?si=MdlsCiIjl7qAm1Vd

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