Author Topic: Photoshop CS5 Preview - Content Aware Fill, How good is it really? (Read 9664 times)

leaf · « **on:** April 30, 2010, 08:42 »

A just did a little test of the content aware fill in Photoshop CS5 and compared it to CS4


Photoshop CS5 Preview: Content Aware Fil

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:45 »

I never use spot heal. It's useless.

I figured the content aware fill would only work in very specific situations, which looked great in the demo at 300x200px videos.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:55 »

I think that's about what I expected, but it's good to see it in action with something more realistic than the demos.

I don't use spot heal at all, but if you use the healing brush and carefully pick the source you can get some very nice results - things with gradual tone or color variations that can be tricky to match up with the clone tool. My guess is that the content aware fill will be similar - if you're willing to spend a bit of time to work on smaller pieces (i.e. don't just try and replace the whole thing at once) you'll have a good new tool. But it won't be a push-button one-step way to remove a person, sign or other large object from detailed backgrounds.

epantha · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2010, 11:19 »

Quote from: sjlocke on April 30, 2010, 10:45

I never use spot heal. It's useless.

I figured the content aware fill would only work in very specific situations, which looked great in the demo at 300x200px videos.

I use the spot healing brush all the time. It's great for quickly removing imperfections in open areas.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2010, 11:27 »

Yeah, it needs to be a wide open area. When I am trying to clean up skin, I find it tries to draw information from too far away, or too dark a place. Patch works much better because I can pick where I want it to use.

etienjones · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2010, 13:02 »

Thanks for the report LEAF . . . you where asking it to perform miracles on that figure, in fact it did better than I expected. I am sure it is an improvement over the older version. I do use the spot healing tool all the time to remove those pesty bunnies in the sky.

Dreamframer · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2010, 18:08 »

I always used healing brush instead of spot healing because I prefer to choose a sample manually.
I tried content aware filter in CS5 and surprisingly sometimes it works perfect, and sometimes it works good enough. I tried it on many different cases. I removed 2 huge objects from the image, and then just needed to retouch some minor details. Anyway, it saves A LOT of time.
It works better on busy surfaces comparing to flat surfaces (like sky). With flat surfaces it tends to leave a patch with just slightly different shade where the removed objects was. But that can also be corrected pretty easy.

Dreamframer · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2010, 18:14 »

Removing figures surrounded by backgrounds that have some structures that shouldn't be used by program as a sample for cloning can be done by selecting certain areas of the image. This way you can "tell" the filter what not to take as a sample.

peresanz · « **Reply #8 on:** May 03, 2010, 07:29 »

Content Aware Fill is a great tool!! Look at these examples if you don't believe me...


More Photoshop CS5 Content-Aware Fill Sneak Peek Awesomeness

Reef · « **Reply #9 on:** May 03, 2010, 07:52 »

Quote from: peresanz on May 03, 2010, 07:29

Content Aware Fill is a great tool!! Look at these examples if you don't believe me...

I heard it can create unique, high selling stock photos - with just one click of the button!

leaf · « **Reply #10 on:** May 03, 2010, 08:24 »

Quote from: peresanz on May 03, 2010, 07:29

Content Aware Fill is a great tool!! Look at these examples if you don't believe me...

More Photoshop CS5 Content-Aware Fill Sneak Peek Awesomeness

haha yeah.. great.

leaf · « **Reply #11 on:** May 03, 2010, 08:25 »

Quote from: etienjones on April 30, 2010, 13:02

Thanks for the report LEAF . . . you where asking it to perform miracles on that figure, in fact it did better than I expected. I am sure it is an improvement over the older version. I do use the spot healing tool all the time to remove those pesty bunnies in the sky.

yeah I was pushing it a little but it did a pretty good job on the texture of the jeans and even on the door on the top. When the job is pretty 'easy' or there is a minimum of textures to pick from it does a pretty good job.