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Content Aware Using Wrong Background

Dec 29, 2011 9:34 AM

Hi Guys

I'm trying to animate someone moving their arm. I used the pen tool to copy the arm to a new layer (left image) then used the pen tool again to cut out where the original was. I clicked "fill", "content aware" to fill in the hole, which should be a girl's blouse but the content aware fills the space with parts of her face and hair (right image), which isn't anywhere near where the fill is. Am I doing something wrong or have I overlooked something obvious?

 

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456 Views   2 Replies   Latest reply: glaustin, Dec 30, 2011 8:10 AM
  • Trevor.Dennis
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    1. Trevor.Dennis,
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    Dec 29, 2011 4:31 PM   in reply to glaustin
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    This is an annoying feature with CA fill, and the usual advise is to try again, but there is a workaround.  Select _only_ those areas that you want to be considered for the CA fill sampling, and copy them to a new layer (ctrl j) Now use CA fill on that new layer, and it can only sample from the pixels on that layer.

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    2. glaustin,
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    Dec 30, 2011 8:10 AM   in reply to Trevor.Dennis
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    Many thanks, Trevor. I tried your suggestion, which is useful to know. The result is better than above but if it was for a job of work I'd have to cut, paste and clone. Perhaps there isn't enough distinction between the area to be replaced and potential background for CA to work (normally I've had situations with definate edges and shapes). I'm using CS5; do you know if it is addressed in CS5.5?

     

    Happy New Year!

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