Photoshop trick: HI I am a photographer that works mostly in LR and haven't kept up with the new additions in Photoshop. Here's a new one. If I have taken a photo where I want to...

canon Lee

HI I am a photographer that works mostly in LR and haven't kept up with the new additions in Photoshop. Here's a new one. If I have taken a photo where I want to remove something in the background, let's say a telephone pole or car. I usually use the stamp tool, but PS has a better way now. Start by using your lasso tool and make a selection, then click on edit/fill, then on the top under "contents" click on the down drop and select "content-aware /OK.

It's like an adaptation of using the "spot remover" in that it uses the surroundings to fill in. Hope this saves everyone lots of time and I will have to spend more time in PS learning the upgrades.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

PS just has WAY more tools and functionality than LR. It just takes longer to master and most people are not interested, or too lazy to put in the time to learn it so they settle for LR since its easier to learn.

wham121736 Loc: Long Island, New York

I use it all the time. It is better than using the clone tool since it doesn't add identical segments but uses an algorithm to "intuit" what might have been behind the annoying element to be replaced. Not a very good description but the best I can do on short notice.

canon Lee wrote:

HI I am a photographer that works mostly in LR an... (show quote)

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

MT Shooter wrote:

PS just has WAY more tools and functionality than LR. It just takes longer to master and most people are not interested, or too lazy to put in the time to learn it so they settle for LR since its easier to learn.

I vote lazy! And miss all the Real tricks.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

canon Lee wrote:

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Actually it has had that feature more or less since at least Ps CS5. It does not work well in CS6 that I am still using. Content Aware is one feature that will eventually drive me to subscription Ps CC (& Lr). Once I learned Ps (first in classes) I found Lr to be a toy in comparison (once I tried and then dropped it). Yes, probably an easy toy -- Ps is not easy. Even at that I do a lot of my PP with ACR.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

wham121736 wrote:

I use it all the time. It is better than using the clone tool since it doesn't add identical segments but uses an algorithm to "intuit" what might have been behind the annoying element to be replaced. Not a very good description but the best I can do on short notice.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

canon Lee wrote:

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I just upgraded to the subscription Photoshop from an older version without the content aware. It was one of the features I was looking forward to, and it didn't disappoint. I just had a photo I had to rotate a couple degrees to straighten, and instead of cropping the extra white space on the edges, I just selected it and went to content aware fill, and it filled it in perfectly.

JimBart Loc: Western Michigan

Lazy may not be the right word
My life is more preoccupied with more important things than using photoshop or Lightroom.
When you lose a spouse and remarry you realize that time is important and life is short. You spend it trying to leave a legacy by giving time and love
Not berating anyone but just different priorities

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

lamiaceae wrote:

... Once I learned Ps (first in classes) I found Lr to be a toy in comparison (once I tried and then dropped it)...

LR is a basic editor with a few frills. PS is a complete editor with too many features for one person to keep track of.
Where LR excels is in organizing your images. I use LR a lot for that reason. It allows me to find things from decades ago, and I can even find images I had forgotten I took.

Both programs have their strengths and weaknesses. The nice thing is that they work together.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

lamiaceae wrote:

Actually it has had that feature more or less since at least Ps CS5......

It's also been in PS Elements since v 12 and possibly before that. I think we all dream of having Content Aware in Lightroom. Personally I would be happy to see all tools available for working on selections via the Adjustments brush. I've a funny feeling it's not going to happen. I suspect that's one of the ways they deliberately limited Lr's functionality so as to make the full PS a more appealing prospect.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

canon Lee wrote:

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Content Aware fill is an incredibly powerful tool, but you can get artifacting if your lasso picks up a part of the image that you did not want. The AI can be stubborn.

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

canon Lee wrote:

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Hold down the ALT key while using the Lasso tool and you can control where the 'rope' goes.
Another trick is to use the Lasso tool to outline the area you wish to change then click on the 'patch tool' and you can now move the outline where ever you want so you decide what is used for fill

canon Lee

R.G. wrote:

It's also been in PS Elements since v 12 and possibly before that. I think we all dream of having Content Aware in Lightroom. Personally I would be happy to see all tools available for working on selections via the Adjustments brush. I've a funny feeling it's not going to happen. I suspect that's one of the ways they deliberately limited Lr's functionality so as to make the full PS a more appealing prospect.

I would like LR to have the adjustment brush square rather than round so you can get into the corners. Maybe a selection tool like the lasso tool...

R.G. Loc: Scotland

canon Lee wrote:

I would like LR to have the adjustment brush square rather than round so you can get into the corners. Maybe a selection tool like the lasso tool...

If we ever had a "wish list" thread, I can imagine it would run to quite a few pages

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yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

There is now also a dedicated Content Aware Fill option in Photoshop's drop down Edit menu choices that may be a better choice. It allows you to exclude parts of the image you don't want used in generating the replacement values.