Adobe CS5 - Content Awareness
Mar 4, 2012 19:17:36 #
Why am I not able to see content awareness in my selection tool when I click on the Healing brush?
Mar 4, 2012 22:36:52 #
Mar 4, 2012 23:34:01 #
Yes. I meant to say that I could not find it in the option bar; however, I just discovered by reading my Dummy book, I had to click on the Healing spot before content awareness popped up in the option bar.
So I tried to use it (content aware) to remove some distracting color in the background, but it would not remove the color entirely - left shadowy color. Are there certain settings in the healing bar that will remove unwanted color completely from my image without having to go over it quite a few times? I know I'm doing something wrong with the tool.
So I tried to use it (content aware) to remove some distracting color in the background, but it would not remove the color entirely - left shadowy color. Are there certain settings in the healing bar that will remove unwanted color completely from my image without having to go over it quite a few times? I know I'm doing something wrong with the tool.
Mar 5, 2012 07:25:21 #
steve_stoneblossom
Loc: Rhode Island, USA
Content aware tool, while very handy at times and quite effective, is not always as magical as the promos make it look. When I first got it, I tried to use it to remove a child's high chair from an overall room shot of a wedding reception at one of the Newport mansions. After several failed attempts, I contacted tech support. Their reply was that in this instance I needed to use the old, painstaking clone method to paint over it. I ended up copying another chair in the image and adjusting the perspective on it to fit.
Healing brush might work better than content aware.
Not my best job of editing, in fact my first attempt at edit such as this.
Healing brush might work better than content aware.
Not my best job of editing, in fact my first attempt at edit such as this.
before
after
Mar 5, 2012 08:11:13 #
FotoFan, could you provide an example of your image so we can see? I, personally have only used CA in the Fill method thus far. Last night, when I responded to your post, was the first time I realized that there was another use, so I began removing light poles and other distractions and noticed it has some great possibilities.
Mar 5, 2012 08:48:01 #
The content aware tool is sampling the surrounding image to determine the appropriate color, luminence, etc and sometimes will cause this darkening or discoloration due to what is next to it. For those instances you can use the clone tool or try using the selection tool to restrict the healing brush to a certain area.
Mar 5, 2012 08:56:51 #
Mar 5, 2012 09:35:51 #
steve_stoneblossom
Loc: Rhode Island, USA
Frank T wrote:
The content aware tool is sampling the surrounding image to determine the appropriate color, luminence, etc and sometimes will cause this darkening or discoloration due to what is next to it. For those instances you can use the clone tool or try using the selection tool to restrict the healing brush to a certain area.
Yes, I suggested healing brush earlier, but should have said cloning tool.
Mar 5, 2012 10:22:36 #
I am feeling like a real beginner at this - even using the healing brush is giving me problems. When I use it, it doesn't cleanly take out the color I want removed from the image.
I am trying to remove the red spot and other distracting parts of the image. Here is the first. The second image is the results of my trying to fix it. Not very good. What do you think? Opps could not load the second image. Sorry.
I am trying to remove the red spot and other distracting parts of the image. Here is the first. The second image is the results of my trying to fix it. Not very good. What do you think? Opps could not load the second image. Sorry.
Mar 5, 2012 10:25:46 #
Remember there is another way to use content aware to remove an object Use the lasso tool hit delete and when the content aware menu appears click ok fast and simple
Mar 5, 2012 12:54:14 #
Jerry Green
Loc: Huntsville, AL
I have also had success with Content Aware Delete. Most of the time it is almost like magic. Use the lasso tool to select the object to remove and hit the delete key. Select content aware in the pop up window. Sometimes it does some strange things and sometimes a little clone tool work is necessary.
Mar 5, 2012 12:59:53 #
Very nice Steve! IMHO - they would have loved the first one as well. Good shot, creative. Looked like the histogram was right on the money. The photos with the correct histogram seldom needs much editing. Good job!
Mar 5, 2012 13:24:15 #
FotoFan wrote:
Why am I not able to see content awareness in my selection tool when I click on the Healing brush?
Here is a link to a tutorial on the content aware fill feature that just might help you:
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/smarter-content-aware-fill-in-photoshop?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DigitalPhotographySchool+%28Digital+Photography+School%29
Mar 5, 2012 14:01:07 #
steve_stoneblossom
Loc: Rhode Island, USA
Coker wrote:
Very nice Steve! IMHO - they would have loved the first one as well. Good shot, creative. Looked like the histogram was right on the money. The photos with the correct histogram seldom needs much editing. Good job!
Thanks, but I can't take credit for the shot, just the Photoshopping.
:)
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