Generative fill not extending image but creating a border

Forum|Forum|9 months ago
June 25, 2025
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I have images I get at a set size for print so can't extend. Some are cropped to close so I shrink them a bit which creates about an inch of blank space around it. I will then use the magic wand tool to select the blank space and the expand about 7 px to get some of the image and then click generate or put a period then click on generative fill tool bar. Now it just gives a white border or a border that looks like a postal stamp edge. This used to not be the case. Something has changed. How can I fix so it fills with image?

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

~~Does the original have that black border, or is it just the image pixels to extend up to the edge?~~

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't see that later replies!

Another option could be to use the script that I wrote here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/ai-generating-bleed-area-beyond-trim-line/idi-p/14547217#U15312767

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LAMY2017

Legend

Don't enter a period. Leave the field blank.

Your image has a black border; is that what you want the fill to be -- some shade of black?

Wild guess that this is a layer issue -- do you have more than one layer? Your screen-capture doesn't really tell the whole story, Reynard.

[my wild guess is wrong, judging by my results]

Larry

480p.zip

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Reynard29913971vbx0Author

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No, that black border is one of the examples of what photoshop gave me. I want the image background extended. As far as what I do with GF I said I "then click generate OR put a period". I also have tried the words: fill, expand, outpaint, or extend. I have more than one layer, but the other layers are just other images in a project. They don't comprise the total image and only the image I'm working on is selected and visible when I use GF.

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LAMY2017

Legend

"No, that black border is one of the examples of what photoshop gave me" not part of your original post. Sorry for my confusion.

Did you watch the movie I attached? My technique took care of the black border (whatever its origin) and extended the image.

Vyola.

Larry

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