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Photoshop CS5 Imaging Tip: content-aware spot healing and fill tools
One of Photoshop CS5's most talked-about and exciting features is its new 'content-aware' algorithm. Either for spot healing or filling arbitrary areas, the content-aware tools provide a new and surprisingly-veracious replacement for the clone brush and other antiquated methods.
The screencast is only a few minutes long, and even if you you haven't used Photoshop before, you will find the content-aware spot healing and fill tools impressive.
Back in the murky annals of Download Squad's history we used to have a 'Daily Imaging Tip' -- with Adobe's CS5 recent release and the slew of new functions that have been added, we're going to revive the Imaging Tips!
The screencast is only a few minutes long, and even if you you haven't used Photoshop before, you will find the content-aware spot healing and fill tools impressive.
Back in the murky annals of Download Squad's history we used to have a 'Daily Imaging Tip' -- with Adobe's CS5 recent release and the slew of new functions that have been added, we're going to revive the Imaging Tips!
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Subscribe to commentsDrewMay 6th 2010 2:35PM
Everytime I tried using content-aware it always did what the old spot healing brush does...it messes up the whole image instead of fixing the mistake I wanted gone in the first place. It's not perfect but I guess you can't always get the best result.
Sebastian AnthonyMay 6th 2010 2:40PM
Your mileage may vary, as always :)
I honestly have no idea how the algorithm works. It obviously looks at other parts of the image... like a bit of an 'RNG Clone Brush' perhaps...
I just try different brushes until it works! There's always clone for tricky bits.
DrewMay 6th 2010 2:47PM
I believe it just uses the edges around the brush and kinda like matches the tones and stretches the pixels out a bit to kinda "warp" together. If you know what I mean?
Sebastian AnthonyMay 6th 2010 2:51PM
Maybe!
But you saw the 'fill' right? That took pixels from the other side of the image!
PrasMay 6th 2010 3:55PM
Alien Skin did it already years ago with an app called Imagedoctor
http://www.alienskin.com/imagedoctor/index.aspx
I can't remember exactly how long ago it was, but I'm sure it's at least 5 years.
If Content Aware doesn't do the trick, try this - might work better?
munndayMay 6th 2010 9:45PM
I've been messing around with Content-Aware for a few days and it is by far the greatest feature of CS5. Being able to easierly remove people from images is bloody great!
Sebastian AnthonyMay 7th 2010 6:15AM
As long as you're not a paparazzi...
Mike CrissMay 6th 2010 11:39PM
Content aware is awesome. Removed tree branch and revealed mountain behind it.
http://www.akphotograph.com/Alaska%20Blog/?p=2861
Sebastian AnthonyMay 7th 2010 6:14AM
Good job :)