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June 21, 2023
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Using the same generative fill replacement across multiple images

  • June 21, 2023
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I wamted to use the same generative fill background that was created on a few different images in a series.  However, you can't just drag and drop, then mask on the additional images as the layer will also have parts of the previous photo in it, instead of just the images pulled by Generative Fill AI.  Also when using the same prompts on the next image, the results are different.  is there a way to get consistent results in a series of photos?

Correct answer Trevor.Dennis

Colin Smith has covered this in one of his Photoshop Cafe videos.

11 replies

New Participant
January 6, 2025

Did you ever find the answer to this? It is now 2025 and I am wondering the same. 

New Participant
January 6, 2025

Did you see my reply from October about cop and pasting the mask the ai background created to the new picture? It was in October. 

New Participant
January 6, 2025

I did I think. That really helped. 

New Participant
October 29, 2024

Not sure if anyone is still looking for an answer, but this is what I found. I generated my background in picture 1, opened picture 2 in another tab on photoshop, I then clicked and drug the ai background replacement to picture 2. When I did this, the generative ai sunset background AND the mast was copy and pasted onto picture 2. CTL + T to "transform" or move around the ai susnet background to the correct place, then click the mask section on the sunset ai and use paintbrush tool to tweak/mask it to blend to your new photo. This worked with my photos I was editing (engagement shoot where the sunset was washed out). If anyone is needing pictures I can see if I can make some up, but not sure if this is still an issue for some.  

New Participant
October 29, 2024

mask* not mast. sorry!!

New Participant
June 23, 2024

I'd like to know the answer to the original question too. I'm an architectural photographer and have an exterior with empty planter boxes in front of the building. I have 3 shots at different angles, so I need AI to use the same plants for each image, but even though I use the same command, it comes up with different plants and is clearly inconsistent across the images. Can we use a reference or source image anywhere in the command?

 

roxannap96283126
New Participant
April 25, 2024

So @Smarquantte  the way I do it is... before I drop an image I make a background using Generative Fill ... without the object I want to use. After I find the background I want to use I then import my images. That's my way around it. I also save the image so I could use it again if I need to. I hope this helps. 

Inspiring
February 28, 2024

You can make the source image a smart object and add and resize images in psb. Then run any action on new images. You have no control over gf images

New Participant
February 13, 2024

Totally agree, none of the answers match the original issue.
This is what worked for me having a batch of 40 clothing models  shoot with the same (complex) background:
Instead of fixing each of the backgrounds, what I did was select the image with the best background, fixed and enhanced it with AI and removed the model, so I got a clean a model free bg. 
Then I Selected Subject from each other images and drag/droped the models over the background I created. 

Not the most automated solution, but did the job.

New Participant
December 19, 2023

I have this question as well.  I have 5 instructional steps shot on white of the same body model in nearly the same pose, just with different arm positions manipulating the product.  I want to change the outfit of the model in the photos, but have the outfits all be the same across the 5 photo sequence.  Again - same (human) model, basically same shot, but just slightly different arm positions, and I want the same business casual look on the model in all the photos.

c.pfaffenbichler
Adobe Expert
December 20, 2023

I think that is neither how Photoshop’s Generative Fill nor how generative AI in general works so far. 

 

So you may need to generate the full-body costume in one image, duplicate it to the other images and process the arms separately, clip them and, as necessary, do some manual touch-up and color corrections to obfuscate differences in details. 

 

But as always talking about images one has never seen comes with caveats. 

New Participant
December 16, 2023

I was having this dilemma, but what I did was copied the layer that the generative fill was in from my first image and copied that over to my second image. I used a paint brush to blend. 

 

P.S. this is only like my 3rd time using photoshop in my life but this method worked for me. Hopefully it helps someone else!

Trevor.Dennis
Brainiac
December 17, 2023
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P.S. this is only like my 3rd time using photoshop in my life but this method worked for me. 


By @Crystal J.30421746i7ls

 

Thats Awsome!  Way to go Crystal.  🙂

New Participant
October 19, 2023

We should be able to select from the results. And have a "reuse this fill" option. Then the next frames will be consistent. Adobe please give us this feature. Thanks.

austinpm1
New Participant
October 19, 2023

100% agree.

if the AI creates something desirable, why not have the ability to apply that process repeatedly?

Participating Frequently
October 19, 2023

Absolutely agree!!

New Participant
August 29, 2023

I also want to do this. I have 5 photos of a woman on a wood floor and I want to replace it with the same concrete floor but when I generative fill every image gets a different style or colour of concrete floor.

 

c.pfaffenbichler
Adobe Expert
August 30, 2023

Please provide a better description.

Posting screenshots can help oh so much when talking about images … 

 

If the color of the replacement elements is the only problem then Photoshop offers several options to address that via Adjustment Layers. 

New Participant
September 1, 2023

None of the above answer the question....which I have posed before.  As an example:  I am a pet photographer and want to do holiday images using the same backdrop created in PS generative fill.  The exact same prompts creates a distinctly different backdrop for each dog, making it difficult to offer clients a specific backdrop.  I have also used Midjourney to create beautiful backdrops...but when you add any animal...Midjourney does not create the exact animal you shot....and unless a client wants a 'different' version of their pup,  they will be far from pleased. Compositing pups into AI backdrops is far from ideal and it usually looks like the dog is simply 'floating' on the backdrop.  I am at my wits end trying to get a decent composite of a dog on a digital backdrop...and would appreciate any suggestions for tutorials.  OH...and does anyone know if generative fill will ever be able to create the same backdrop with the same prompts?