Other areas have lost a bit too much detail and look a bit blurry i. To be fair, though, this kind of image is really asking a lot from the program. Even manually it would probably take me hours to get right. It can also be used to add content to a blank canvas area when you need to move things over a tad. It does this by extrapolating from other areas of your image and then filling the empty spaces, just like with object removal.
Take the image below. Not only is there an extra person to take out, but the whole composition would also look a lot better if the subject were more to the right. The result was pretty passable.
To do this, make sure your layer is unlocked. Click the lock icon if this is your background layer. This will allow you to move it in whatever direction works for you. Choose the Move tool the arrow from the left-hand tool strip or use Command-v. There should be an empty canvas area where the image was moved from. When the fill dialog box pops up, choose Content Aware in the Contents pull-down menu. Click OK. The content aware tool allows you to fill an area of your image instantly with new information based on surrounding pixels.
Content aware fill was introduced in Photoshop CS5 released in It has remained in all subsequent versions with some major improvements over time. You can fine-tune the output using the options that appear in the Content-Aware Fill panel. Make sure the layer is not locked, and is not an adjustment layer or a smart object. Also check that you have a selection active on which to apply the content aware fill.
The content aware fill tool in Photoshop is constantly evolving, particularly as the AI gets better. But in the Layers panel , notice that the fills were not applied directly to the image. Instead, because the Output in the Content-Aware Fill workspace was set to New Layer, each of my two fills appears on its own separate layer above the image:.
You can turn each fill on and off to compare it with the original photo by clicking a layer's visibility icon. And with the layer turned off, the woman on the left instantly returns.
So not only is the Content-Aware Fill workspace a powerful way to remove unwanted objects, but it also makes it easy to edit our images non-destructively:. So far, we've covered the basic steps for removing unwanted objects with Content-Aware Fill. But there are a few more options in the workspace that, depending on your image, can greatly improve your results. And to see how they work, we'll look at a few different images:. The first option, Color Adaptation , lets Photoshop adjust the brightness and contrast of the filled area to better match its surroundings.
This can be very useful when replacing an object in an area with subtle color and brightness transitions. Color Adaptation is turned on by default. But along with the Default setting, you can also choose High or Very High. Or choose None to turn Color Adaptation off completely:.
In this image , I want to remove the windmill and leave only the sunrise in the background. So I'll draw a selection outline around the windmill using the Lasso Tool:. And here is a comparison of the results I get using different Color Adaptation settings.
On the left is the result with Color Adaptation set to None , where we can clearly see the problem. The filled area looks very harsh against the subtle gradients of the sunrise. In the center is the Default setting. Here things look much better, but we can still see blotches just above the horizon. And on the right is the much smoother result with Color Adaptation set to Very High. The result you'll get from Color Adaptation will depend on the amount of detail in your image.
For areas of very high detail, the Default or None settings tend to work best. For smoother areas, try High or Very High:. The second option in the Fill Settings is Rotation Adaptation. This lets Photoshop rotate the contents in the filled area, useful when removing an object from an area with curved or rotating patterns. In this image , I want to remove the ladybug from the flower. But with the flower rotating around its center, it might be a challenge. With Rotation Adaptation set to None left , the result looks terrible.
Part of the flower's center is now sticking out to the side. But with Rotation Adaptation set to High right , Photoshop was able to rotate the textures to match the rotation of the flower:. The third option in the Fill Settings is Scale , which lets Photoshop resize the content in the filled area to better match the perspective of the surrounding textures.
Scale can be useful when replacing objects in images that were shot on an angle. By default, Scale is turned off:. In this image , I want to remove the reflective signboard in the center of the brick wall:. With Scale turned off left , the result again looks really bad. Photoshop simply filled the selection with random parts of the wall.
But with Scale turned on right , the textures are resized to better align them with the perspective. It's not perfect, but it does give me a much better starting point:. And finally, the Mirror option can flip textures horizontally from one side of the image to the other. Mirror is great for removing or repairing objects that are part of a symmetrical pattern. By default, Mirror is turned off:. In this final image , I want to repair the missing left corner of the butterfly's wing.
So I'll draw a selection outline around the general area where the missing part should be. Then I'll open the image inside the Content-Aware Fill workspace:. With Mirror turned off left , all Photoshop can do is copy and paste a section of the wing into the missing area.
But with Mirror turned on right , almost like magic, Photoshop was able to take the corner of the wing from the right side of the butterfly and flip it onto the left side. Since the butterfly is rotated on an angle, I also set Rotation Adaptation which we looked at earlier to Full, resulting in a near perfect repair:. And there we have it! That's your complete guide to removing objects or repairing images using Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop! Check out our Photoshop Basics section for more tutorials!
And don't forget, all of our tutorials are now available to download as PDFs! Selecting the windmill to remove it with Content-Aware Fill. Photo credit: Adobe Stock. The Mirror option, along with Rotation Adaptation, has no trouble repairing the wing. Sets the opacity of the overlay displayed in the document window. To adjust the opacity, drag the slider or type a percentage value in the text box.
Assigns color to the overlay displayed in the document window. Click the color selection box and then choose a color from Adobe Color Picker. Shows the overlay in the sampling or the excluded area. Choose an option from the drop-down list - Sampling Area or Excluded Area. Determine the sampling area in your image where you want Photoshop to look for source pixels to fill content.
Select this option to manually define a sampling area. Use the Sampling Brush Tool to add to the sampling area. Sample All Layers. Color Adaptation. Allows contrast and brightness to adapt for a better match. This setting is useful for filling content with gradual color or texture changes. Rotation Adaptation. Allows content rotation for a better match. This setting is useful for filling content with rotated or curved patterns. Select this option to allow content resizing for a better match.
It works well for filling content with repeating patterns of different sizes or under perspective. Select this option to allow content to be flipped horizontally for a better match. This is useful for images with horizontal symmetry. To reset to default fill settings, click the reset icon in the Fill Settings menu.
As you fine-tune sampling and fill areas and adjust fill settings, the Preview panel renders a full-resolution preview of the changes.
Photoshop first renders an initial low-resolution preview of the changes in the Preview panel. Immediately after, it generates a full-resolution preview. While this full-resolution preview is being generated, you may notice that a warning icon appears next to the spinner in the lower-right corner of the Preview panel. You can fill multiple portions of the image without leaving the Content-Aware Fill workspace. After you get the desired fill result for a selection in your image, do the following:.
To reset all Content-Aware Fill settings, click the reset icon in the lower-left corner of the Content-Aware Fill panel. Buy Adobe Photoshop or start a Free Trial.
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