Photoshop Generative Fill – I've Changed My Opinion

In this video, I take another look at Generative Fill, a new feature found in the latest version of Photoshop Beta.

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[AnthonyMorganti]

In this video, I take another look at Generative Fill, a new feature found in the latest version of Photoshop Beta.

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[randall]

After using Free Transform to change the size of a generated object to a more appropriate size, just click the Generate button again. The descriptor you typed is still there, and it will regenerate a new set of three images, this time at the new size (or location, if you also moved the object to another place).

[ronyedin]

The biggest use for me is to extend my images. Sometimes I crop to close, or did not properly compose or maybe took the image vertically and need it in a different aspect ratio. It’s a huge time saver for sure.

[jeffross]

Anthony, I give you kudos for revisiting this issue. Everyone who watches your videos will learn even more because of your willingness to reflect and revise. The fact that your viewing community provided hints shows the the "WE" is smarter than the "ME!" Thanks again!!

[andrewmason]

There’s a great opportunity for recently divorced people. 🤷‍♂️

[ZiggyAir]

With the dogs, you need to merge the previous layers and then ask to generate whatever you want. It doesn't work well when it has to generate on top of another generative layer. That has been my experience.

[Streeknine]

One thing you'll find is, the better the description the better results when generating animals. The more descriptive you are about an animal or object, the better the results. For your dog example on the sidewalk, you could use "A small dog sitting on the sidewalk."
Also, it has trouble with human limbs. Like hands, sometimes it will generate 6 fingers, or 4 fingers. Sometimes 2 thumbs on one hand.

[Buster]

I think the fact that Generative Fill can figure out the amount of bokeh to use is flat out amazing. Also the use case for the first photo to erase items to get a bokeh background is rather uncommon and so won't be perfect. Personally after playing with it, the strength of it is its ability to tweak part of images bit by bit without mad masking and blending skills with amazing results. It makes image compositing way too easy.

[peterj]

I haven't tried it yet but after watching this I wonder whether giving more information in the generative fill gives better results. So maybe in the case of the dog if you put say, dog standing still or something like that you would get a better result. This new function is good already, imagine what it will be like in a few versions down the track. Great work Anthony on your willingness to take suggestions from "us" to help get better results. We all learn as we go.

[blakefarren]

Hello Anthony, In regards to generative fill and attempting to resize the generated object, a solution is to mask the generated object which will allow free transform to change the size cleanly. I have been using Lumenzia from Greg Benz for years now for its luminosity masking. He has added a feature in the Basics panel that meshes with Generative fill and will allow auto-masking of the generated object. Free transforming now allow you to resize the object cleanly..

[chriswhitehouse]

I've been using it like mad and am thrilled with the results. Some of them seem supernatural, especially how it judges the perspective of the scene and puts in into the regen.

[GoldwireIT]

The image you are working on is 6137x3632. The generative fill has a max resolution of 1024×1024 when generating content. When you work on a high resolution file and view it at 100%, you'll see how blocky the generative fill is.

[ronaldhunt]

I think another reason for your dissapointment is you are expecting too much from a one word query that is very general, I had my nest results using it like a search engine for example "Small collie sitting". And you can use free transform if you make a tighter selection.

[ddacaro]

I think Adobe's Compositeshop has really taken photographic illustration to a whole new level. I'm excited to see what v2 looks like of the generative fill, it's amazing what we can do now as photorealistic illustrators.

[TheOlandex]

Good observations Anthony.
I've been playing with this recently as well. In fact it came to me just in time for some commercial product images I was creating for a couple of small breweries. What I have found is that it has saved me a ton of time and effort in my setups. For instance I had one shot of a can of beer where I simply photographed the product with good lighting, a plain dull grey background and set on a simple wood surface. Using gen-fill I created a background, an interesting surface, a glass of beer and another prop item in the image. It definitely took some time and some experimenting to get it right, but once done it is an amazing result, and I would say completely realistic. I don't think I could have done better with a detailed studio setup and having gone and sourced the props and setting items.
This is truly a game changer for this kind of work and is frankly going to save me from having to acquire a bunch of prop items for shoots. This, in turn, should allow me to offer even better value to clients and simplify my workflow. Way less compositing required now.
I'm pretty happy so far!

[georgegaab]

Been restoring some old photos, this really helps with some damage photos

[KIngaiune]

When adding something it will add based on the shape you draw so if you draw a horizontal rectangle with the term dog it will usually be laying down and if vertical it will be a sitting or standing dog facing the camera. Also it will try fill as much of the shape as it can so if you draw a big shape it will be a big dog so for your example if you made the same shape but small to the perspective your result would be closer to accurate.

[foxdenham]

When you generate something like a red car and then scale it up (or place it in another part of the scene) you can then re-select the now 'mismatched' background and click generate and the background fits perfectly again.

[CWReace]

The little bit I've played with this, I like it for image clean-up, but it's not necessarily great (yet) for major changes. But then, I'm not interested in making major changes to my photos, so it looks like it could be useful for clean-up tasks that the clone/heal tools might have trouble with.

[kenalexander]

Having watched this video I downloaded the PS Beta to give it a try. Using the Lasso tool as you have the results have been amazing. I was able to remove people and objects which spoilt an image that I toook of the Flying Scotsman at a station. This is a real game changer.