Photoshop CS5 Content-aware fill

M_Six · 07-07-2010, 03:33 PM

Ok, just been playing around with it for a few minutes, but I'm pretty impressed. As others have said, it's nothing you couldn't do with CS4 with a little time and effort, but this is so much easier. As long as you are working on small areas without too busy a background, it's virtually flawless. I'll get an example up in a minute.

M_Six · 07-07-2010, 03:59 PM

Here's the original picture reduced to 800x600. NB, if you reduce the image size before bringing it into PS, the Content Aware Fill fails badly.

I'll take out the cars and people on the left, the farm equipment and outhouses in the middle, and some of the tourists on the right.

That took about 5 minutes. Content Aware Fill won't do much with the bus because of the very different backgrounds, but it sure saved time with all the other things. I just lasso'd them and chose Fill. Poof, they were gone. Very cool.

Below is the image edited in CS4 with the same things plus the bus removed. This took me hours to do.

Seminole · 07-07-2010, 09:47 PM

That's nuts!

lul77 · 07-07-2010, 09:56 PM

ahhhhhh i sooo want cs5 now! but then i'd lose my lucis plug-ins

M_Six · 07-08-2010, 11:38 AM

Yeah, if you're trying to take a person out and the background is varied, it makes a big difference. I tried taking my wife out of an image where she was in the middle ground and the background was vastly different in various places behind her. Some of the background was directly behind her and some was further away. It failed miserably (but understandably).

Also, it works well on images that have not been previously reduced in size. It does not work well at all on images that have been resized, even if it's the same image.

I've also found that sometimes it's best to tackle an object whole rather than trying to remove pieces of it at a time. I removed a sailboat from an image in one move and it worked much better than trying it in two phases, like the water and then the sky areas.

UdubBadger · 07-12-2010, 12:04 PM

i need to upgrade...

xoulu · 07-12-2010, 09:14 PM

damn your pro any tutorials on how to do that?

sb335is · 07-13-2010, 01:24 PM

isnt that practical when dealing with artifacts any bigger than that. and the cs4 ones front fence is much more alligned.

i still get a ton of RAM errors when trying to do REAL filling

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M_Six Free Thinker 16962 Rep 7,455 Posts Drives: 2016 MB GLC300 4matic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Foothills of Mt Level iTrader: (0)	Photoshop CS5 Content-aware fill Ok, just been playing around with it for a few minutes, but I'm pretty impressed. As others have said, it's nothing you couldn't do with CS4 with a little time and effort, but this is so much easier. As long as you are working on small areas without too busy a background, it's virtually flawless. I'll get an example up in a minute. __________________ Mark markj.pics "There is no shame in dropping fruit in your glass." -UncleWede
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M_Six Free Thinker 16962 Rep 7,455 Posts Drives: 2016 MB GLC300 4matic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Foothills of Mt Level iTrader: (0)	Here's the original picture reduced to 800x600. NB, if you reduce the image size before bringing it into PS, the Content Aware Fill fails badly. I'll take out the cars and people on the left, the farm equipment and outhouses in the middle, and some of the tourists on the right. That took about 5 minutes. Content Aware Fill won't do much with the bus because of the very different backgrounds, but it sure saved time with all the other things. I just lasso'd them and chose Fill. Poof, they were gone. Very cool. Below is the image edited in CS4 with the same things plus the bus removed. This took me hours to do. __________________ Mark markj.pics "There is no shame in dropping fruit in your glass." -UncleWede
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M_Six Free Thinker 16962 Rep 7,455 Posts Drives: 2016 MB GLC300 4matic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Foothills of Mt Level iTrader: (0)	Yeah, if you're trying to take a person out and the background is varied, it makes a big difference. I tried taking my wife out of an image where she was in the middle ground and the background was vastly different in various places behind her. Some of the background was directly behind her and some was further away. It failed miserably (but understandably). Also, it works well on images that have not been previously reduced in size. It does not work well at all on images that have been resized, even if it's the same image. I've also found that sometimes it's best to tackle an object whole rather than trying to remove pieces of it at a time. I removed a sailboat from an image in one move and it worked much better than trying it in two phases, like the water and then the sky areas. __________________ Mark markj.pics "There is no shame in dropping fruit in your glass." -UncleWede
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sb335is Captain 86 Rep 736 Posts Drives: fast Join Date: May 2010 Location: CA iTrader: (0)	isnt that practical when dealing with artifacts any bigger than that. and the cs4 ones front fence is much more alligned. i still get a ton of RAM errors when trying to do REAL filling __________________
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