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"Could not fill because there are not enough opaque source pixels" - not solved by any other thread

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July 5, 2013
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I'm getting the error posted in this thread's title and I have no idea why. I am working with an image that is NOT transparent in any way. Everything is 100% opacity. In fact, it doesn't matter what I work with, every time I try to fill any selection on any layer in any doc, I get this error. Ideas??? Thanks

Scott

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Correct answer cagiali

Hello,

sounds like you have "Content Aware" selected under the Fill options. if you have a selection and your active layer is empty, Content Aware will give you that error. As it needs 'opaque source pixels (in your current layer)' to work. For solid colors, switch from Content Aware to one of the other modes.

please post back if this doesn't fix things for you.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

[EDIT] Whoops. Please ignore. I could have sworn there was only one reply. 😞

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Mr305632981qu1

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if not working ...first goto edit then CONTENT AWARE SCALE then click on check in toolbar,,, then try fill option.... i solve this my own. even i don't know photoshop

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Ad35358264ip1j

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Bro! I logged in just to tell you that you're a life saver ❤️

MaxineLaGarde

Participant

Hello everyone,

I would also love some help with this. I'm trying to remove an object using the laso tool, when I go to fill, I get the same error comment.

I'm using "content aware" in the fill options because I want to I want to remove the object. Can I get some help?

Thanks guys.

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tomb79751616

Participant

Hi I had same issue and forgot to make a copy of background layer then it work as before

drag layer to create a new layer

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Ray Rozema

Known Participant

I'm having the same problem but it is intermittent and the above replies did not help. Attached is a screenshot of the active layer and dialog box The bird has been selected

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catherinek90219693

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I still don't understand could you explain it easier or show me some how

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cagialiCorrect answer

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Hello,

sounds like you have "Content Aware" selected under the Fill options. if you have a selection and your active layer is empty, Content Aware will give you that error. As it needs 'opaque source pixels (in your current layer)' to work. For solid colors, switch from Content Aware to one of the other modes.

please post back if this doesn't fix things for you.

irisg82585721

Participant

I had the same problem, but I'm trying to just use the blemish remover. I've been trying for the past hour and a half to get it to finally let me use content-aware just so I could remove the blemishes, and once it finally let me use it, it gave me the "Could not fill because there are not enough opaque source pixels" message.

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Content-aware fill also gave me the "Could not fill because there are not enough opaque source pixels" message. Tried CMYK and RGB, checked active layer etc. The active layer did not appear to have any transparency. I managed to get the Content-aware fill working by using "Flatten image". By curiosity I also testet merging the affected layer with a solid white layer. That also solved the problem.

[edit] It seems like if the entire target layer is just a little bit transparent (not even visible to the eye), the Content-aware fill does not work.

Silkrooster

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Probably would help to see a screen shot of photoshop with the layers panel open.

At this point the only guess I can make is the wrong layer is selected, but once I see the screen, then something else may pop out at me, or anybody else reading this thread.

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