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Content aware fill - how to sample from small area?

Jun 30, 2012 8:16 AM

Is there a way how to sample from small area and then apply content aware fill to the much more bigger area? For example - there is an object on a table. The object fills 90% of the image and the table 10% image. Now, I just want to delete the object. But that doesnt work with content aware fill, because the area around it is much smaller. Is there a solution for this?

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  • Mylenium
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    1. Mylenium,
    Jun 30, 2012 8:18 AM   in reply to hellboy801
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    Well, straight answer: It's bound to fail not only for technical reasons. Any cloning will be obvious beyond anything acceptable. find additional imagery, clone across different images/ using different layers - the old fashioned way.

     

    Mylenium

     
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  • hellboy801
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    2. hellboy801,
    Jun 30, 2012 8:29 AM   in reply to Mylenium
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    What if the background is neutral and there is not much of a texture? I just want to know if there is a way how to define the area where would content aware fill sample from. I dont want to sample from the whole image only from the part I choose.

     
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  • Trevor.Dennis
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    3. Trevor.Dennis,
    Jun 30, 2012 3:06 PM   in reply to hellboy801
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    I am not sure that CAF is the right tool if you want to fill a large area sampling from a small area.  You might get away with doing it in stages

     

    One trick is copy just those areas you want to sample from, to a new layer, and use CAF on that layer, but without seeing your image, it is difficult to say what the best aproach is going to be.  

     
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  • Noel Carboni
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    4. Noel Carboni,
    Jun 30, 2012 5:56 PM   in reply to hellboy801
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    There is a Russell Brown tutorial on Adobe TV that tells you how to do just what you're asking via masking.  Unfortunately I don't have a link but look for a tutorial where he Replaces a curved window in a brick wall.

     

    -Noel

     
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  • PECourtejoie
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    5. PECourtejoie,
    Jul 2, 2012 7:51 AM   in reply to Noel Carboni
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    Hello!

    Yes, you need to mask the non-table area, and select the area you want to sample from: see this video that Noel referred to: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-russell-brown-show/masking-magic/

     
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  • Noel Carboni
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    6. Noel Carboni,
    Jul 2, 2012 10:02 AM   in reply to PECourtejoie
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    Thank you, Pierre - yes, that's the video I was thinking of.

     

    -Noel

     
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  • hellboy801
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    7. hellboy801,
    Jul 2, 2012 6:27 PM   in reply to PECourtejoie
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    Yes! Thanks! Thats what I was looking for!

     
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