Photoshop's Generative Fill: Overhyped or Industry Changing?

The past week has been flooded with news showcasing how amazing Photoshop's new Generative Fill tool. It's essentially an AI-powered Content-Aware Fill on steroids, but is it actually as good as everyone says it is? 

If you haven't been paying attention and this is your first time hearing about it. Adobe released a beta version of Photoshop that includes a new feature that allows you to remove and add content using AI similar to Midjourney but packaged in the style of Content-Aware Fill we are all accustomed to. The results of what it can do have been all over the internet, including Fstoppers.

After consuming a few videos, I had to give it a try myself. One thing I noticed in many videos is that no one wanted to zoom in anytime they generated content. They simply generated something in the image and never critically looked at the results. It felt a bit disingenuous and more hyperbolic than it needed to be. I gave it a try using real-world photos that I took and made sure to zoom in to show that actual use cases you might find in your own work.

The results I found will surprise you while also hopefully showing more real-world uses. Personally, I will be using this immediately, but not necessarily for the reasons it's making headlines. I'd love to hear your own personal results if you've tried the beta version and what you could see it changing about your own workflow down below. 

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Alex Armitage has traveled the world to photograph and film some of the most beautiful places it has to offer. No matter the location, perfecting it's presentation to those absent in the moment is always the goal; hopefully to transmute the feeling of being there into a visual medium.

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