Photoshop CS5

[Just Dave]

Content aware I got rid of the mesh and scaffold think it did a fair job



RESULT think it nearly worked  

[Hinfrance]

Lo Howard was you doing it on a background layer, if not thats your problem

Alas not -I figured it would only work on layers, so I duplicated the layer first.

Cracking job it did on your crane and scaffolding though . .

[anglefire]

I hope you are only joking and didn't really think CA fill could sort this one?

Anyway, downloaded the RC1 version of ACR6.1 this morning. One of the things it has added is lens correction at the RAW stage - and well it works.

[Just Dave]

I hope you are only joking and didn't really think CA fill could sort this one?

joke no, not me, I think it did a great job few more passes and I would have a multi story car park 

[Hinfrance]

Anyway, downloaded the RC1 version of ACR6.1 this morning. One of the things it has added is lens correction at the RAW stage - and well it works.

Better late than never 

Anyway, anyone got any recommendations on how to get this missing wundertool to work?

[picsfor]

in my picture above i just used the lasso and drew around the item i wanted to remove and hit the delete key.
A second later up popped the CA dialogue box where upon i let it do as it wanted.

The resulting picture is what it produced.

[Just Dave]

in my picture above i just used the lasso and drew around the item i wanted to remove and hit the delete key.
A second later up popped the CA dialogue box where upon i let it do as it wanted.
The resulting picture is what it produced.

Thats about it you can use any selection tool, hit delete, check to make sure content aware is in the task box, click ok job done

[Hinfrance]

No, that's not what happens.

Make a selection, hit delete, selection contents deleted - no option, no dialogue, nada, rien , zip, zilch.

It's no wonder I hate Adobe products, they just don't work.

Uninstalled and reinstalled. Still doesn't work. Glad I didn't spend £700 on this turkey. Not that I can afford it anyway 

[Jonathan]

Are you working on a layer?

On a layer the delete key deletes.  On the background it opens the fill dialogue.

[Just Dave]

Are you working on a layer?
On a layer the delete key deletes.  On the background it opens the fill dialogue.

Lo Howard was you doing it on a background layer, if not thats your problem

Thats what I said so totally agree

[Hinfrance]

Are you working on a layer?

On a layer the delete key deletes.  On the background it opens the fill dialogue.

Dave, the double negative in your reply confused my simple mind. I admit it, I would never have worked this out in a million years, because I would never apply an adjustment of any sort to a background layer; it simply never occurs to me to do so.

No wonder I can't got on with Adobe software - what moron programmed an adjustment to only work on a background layer? It's a rule, and a good one, that when you are editing you NEVER make any changes to the background layer.


So essentially this tool can only be applied to a copy of an original file as it is completely destructive. Idiotic.

And now that I've tried it a few times (endless thanks for telling me how to) I can see that it doesn't work any better (in fact in some ways even worse) than the one in the Magix photo 9 editor.

I suppose there is just the vaguest of chances that if I live to be a 100 Adobe might finally produce something that works in a logical way.  But it'll still be overpriced.

[Just Dave]

Hi Howard, yeah suppose I wasn't as clear as I could have been, sorry, I do agree though it is a bad move to be editing a background layer, I would never normally do that, as you say its distributive, and a No No to me, but that's how it works, it is a bit hit and miss also, as I have mentioned before, I wonder if somewhere some how you can adjust/ refine the sources of the patchmatch/content aware fill

[Forseti]

I haven't got CS5 - yet  - but would this work? Double-click on the background layer lock symbol to unlock it, immediately duplicate that layer followed by unchecking the original background layer to not make it visible. Carry on editing - layers etc, and then when it comes to flattening the layers merge only visible. That way the original background layer will still be preserved untouched. 

[Jonathan]

So essentially this tool can only be applied to a copy of an original file as it is completely destructive. Idiotic.

You know, there's just a small chance they actually thought about this before releasing it....I've worked in dev teams and there's no way a single "moron" would be allowed to take a decision like that.

For one thing it makes no real sense to remove items on a layer.  For another I've a funny feeling the maths involved in CA fill gets quite heavy allowing it on a layer may make your processor grind to a halt.

Anyway, as with all layer based restrictions, there's a simple work round.  Dupe your layer into a new document, do the CA fill there and then drag it onto your original document while holding the shift key.  I bet you could also do something cunning with smart objects.

Or use Magix Photo 9.

[Just Dave]

Anyway, as with all layer based restrictions, there's a simple work round.  Dupe your layer into a new document, do the CA fill there and then drag it onto your original document while holding the shift key.  I bet you could also do something cunning with smart objects.

Thats what I do, but you could well be right about the smart object