P: Creating oil painting using generative fill

[charles37021301avkp]

This no longer works... to create an oil painting - It still works in the non-beta version

• Channels
• Then “+” add layer
• Edit>Fill>Brightness (B) 40% code 666666
• Reselect RGB
• Ctrl Click on the Gray layer
• Hit OK for the error message
• Generative fill “oil painting” or whatever

[Pelegrinus]

Beta version 25.9 m2590. With this beta update, Photoshop does not allow me to change the intensity of a generative fill, for example, to apply a 30% oil painting generative fill to an already existing image. This works fine in the current non-beta version of Photoshop but does not work in the new beta. This lack dramatically limits the flexibility of generative fill. (Still, keep up the good work; the advances are amazing!)

[CShubert]

Hi @Pelegrinus please share some screenshots and steps of what you are doing so we can see if it can be reproduced here.

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

[vickim68445947]

Can you change the opacity of the layer to 30%?  Or is it not the same thing?

[michaels72175479]

same issue here,

there was even a guru level adobe tutorial for this:

https://creativecloud.adobe.com/cc/learn/photoshop/web/use-actions-generative-fill?locale=en

any workaround or fix?

[CShubert]

Thank you for the post, we see this as well and will have the team investigate.

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

[paul37075849tnbl]

I just upgraded to the newest Photoshop Beta today. Previously I was able to turn a photo into a painting in Beta using Generative Fill following the many online tutorials such as Brian Matiash's. Now when I try the same steps I just get weird effects like the entire image turns blue instead of a painting effect. I tried going to back to an older Beta version and it still won't work. Is anyone else having this issue? 

[michaels72175479]

thank you Cory. pls leave a note here once there is a change.

[RHolman]

After updating Photoshop v.25.9, applications cannot be launched. An error message pops up - see attachment. Thanks for your help, R.Holman

[AlexDSBR]

me to

[Yuma34981664dcrw]

Hi,

in Beta 25.9 I can no longer turn photo into painting using mask, generaive fill, promt - oil painting. In previous versions it worked very well. Now it is generating some strange results. Please bring this feature back. Thanks. 

[paul37075849tnbl]

Same!

[IlGrandeMago]

problem

[Shy Radar]

Procedure: Open image, hit Q (Quick mask), invert, Edit menu- Fill - Color- 0,0,55 - OK, hit Q again, Edit menu - Generative fill- Type in 'oil painting with brush strokes' - Generate. Hey presto, an oil painting from a photo.

As I say works in RS2024 not Beta 25.9. Problem appears to be on invert.  In Ps 2024 when invert is hit the image takes on a transparent red (or whatever color is set) but you can clearly see the subject matter. Whilst in Beta, on hitting Invert, the entire image is now totally red i.e. the subject matter cannot be seen. If the procedure laid down above is then continued to the end, the result is an oil painting but with no subject matter, just like someone has slapped paint onto an empty canvas. I did try using the Quick mask brush (instead of hitting Q) at a 50% opacity to achieve the transparent look from PS2024 but it made no difference to the outcome. Needs fixing please.

[browncardinal]

When I take all the steps to create an oilpainting and anything else. All I get is a blue box. In Beta. open image, go to chanels, create a chanel,  choose color change brightness, hit alt delete, control click on chanel click on box that say below 50% grey, open rgb  chanel open layers type oilpaint and other prompts and click generate and it generated blue bue box. Have done this numerous times and all I get is a blue box

[Hannah Nicollet]

Hi Shy Radar,

Thanks for letting us know about this! Would you please try selecting one of the selection tools from the toolbar to see if the mask turns off? We were seeing a similar issue and if it's the same that would be a workaround.

Also, it would be great if we could have a screen capture of the behavior. A really easy way to make a small screen capture in gif form would be to download Licecap (it's free). Then make a screen recording of the behavior you're seeing.

Thanks so much!
Hannah Nicollet
Photoshop QE

[Shinythings]

Error with output of Generative Fill using quick mask mode 

Adobe Photoshop (beta) Version: 25.10.0 20240512.m.2617 2b82010 arm64

Operating System: Mac OS 14.1.2

System architecture: Apple M2, HybridCPU(4:4)

The follow step result in error:

1. Open your image in Photoshop Beta.
2. Press the 'Q' key to enter Quick Mask mode.
3. Go to Edit > Fill, select 'Color' from the Contents dropdown, and set the Brightness value to 30%. Click OK to apply a 30% gray fill layer.
4. Press 'Q' again to exit Quick Mask mode. You should now see the 'Generative Fill' text box.
5. Type "oil painting" in the Generative Fill text box and press Enter/Return.

All results seem to return a similar error image attached

It correctly performs the fuction on the full version :

Adobe Photoshop Version: 25.7.0 20240415.r.504 130b225 arm64

Operating System: Mac OS 14.1.2

Results see attached

[Michelle30734531px2u]

Usually I open or create an image in Photoshop
Then I create a channel
then fill the foreground color  30- 40 %
click on the alpha channel and select it then go to the RGB and it allows me to generate painterly effects

The past couple of days that has stopped working entirely

What is this process called exactly and what happened?  How can i fix it?

[chlstll]

Does anyone know if this bug has been fixed yet or if there's a work-around? The issue seems to persist in the latest update (25.10). Thanks!

[Jeff34303868li82]

Seems to be an issue still. Not working in Photoshop Beta still (25.10.0). Does work in the full version.

[Greg350877765pn2]

Hi,

Wanted to inform that the feature with Generative Fill using an opacicty mask to generate an image into a different style as explained in different ways in this thread is broken in Photoshop (Beta) v.2510. You can still use this feature in the Photoshop v 25.9.

[Joseph26080201fgxe]

Updated the new Ps Beta version 25.10, installed the generative fill painting action with the image provided. All generated images are still unrelated to the original layer. Tried several methods none of them works.

[James37787244hyhd]

Wow this thread regarding the generative fill to create an oil painting from your own photo has been open for awhile. No resolution I see and I just signed up for a subscription to Photoshop. I have used photoshop since version 5.0. Been pulling my hair out using the tutorial and thinking I had been doing something wrong. Quite frustrating when a software company updates a beta and breaks it from doing something they are promoting. Makes me concerned about their ability to maintain feature sets in the product. They just break it and don't know how to fix it? Whats going on here Adobe? Are you actively working on this or should I go sign up for a different product to do this AI stuff everyone is so excited about?

[CShubert]

Hey everybody, wanted to share the team is working on an update for this issue and we will notify everyone as soon as it is available.

Thank you for your patience,

Cory

[Nelson30643921kj1i]

Actions that input level adjustments don't work anymore.

This includes:

Recording Image>Adjustment>Levels and for example Input 2, 253.

Recording creating an Adjustment Layer, and setting the input levels to 2, 253.

The action creates the Levels adjustment layer, but does not include the input level despite the recorded action listing the inputs.

This is what the recorded action is:

Make adjustment layer

Using: adjustment layer

Type: levels

Preset KindL Custom

Adjustment: levels adjustment list

levels adjustment

Channel: gray channel

Input: 2, 253

Photoshop (Beta) v 25.10

[Jeff Arola]

Yes i see that on the Mac side as well with the Image Mode>Grayscale and Image>Adjustments>Levels and

Image>Adjustments>Curves values being recorded in an Action, but not applying on playback of said actions.

Same thing with Photoshop 2024 (ps ver 25.9)