Photoshop's new Generative Fill feature has been capturing the imaginations of a ton of creatives in the past week or so, and it offers a lot of potential for a wide array of different applications. Like any other tool, though, it pays to know it well so you can get the best results from it. This great video tutorial discusses five common mistakes that can derail the tool and what you can do to get the most from it.
Coming to you from the Photoshop Training Channel, this helpful video tutorial discusses five mistakes creatives make with Photoshop's new Generative Fill tool and how you can get the best results from it. While there is a lot of talk about the tool's potential (and pitfalls) in its ability to construct entirely false realities, I have found a ton of potential in more pragmatic applications. For example, I recently needed to extend the canvas of a headshot in which a subject was wearing a patterned shirt. This was a rather involved task: it took a lot of careful work with the clone stamp to convincingly recreate the pattern and the wrinkles, then I had to adjust the lighting gradient and color to match, then gradually blur to match the depth of field since the subject was standing at an angle. All in all, it took about 30 minutes. Literally the next day, Generative Fill came out, and it created a near-perfect fix with a single click. It was pretty incredible. Check out the video above for the full rundown.
I have just started playing with it at its most basic level and boy, am I impressed! I am strictly ethical; I always disclose when I have done something to a picture that would get me fired and banned from any news agency. I use the term "photoillustration." I love the tools we now have that we'd have killed for 40 years ago.
This week I was at Devils Tower in Wyoming. I liked the angle from the ranger station of the tower, but there were cars in the foreground. I shot it anyway, figuring I'd try the new generative fill. The bison mother and calf were shot from a car window, but I didn't like the fence in the background. The tool is awesome, no joking! 👈😁👍
(Try these in the viewer and toggle them. The results speak for themselves.)
Thank you. Finally a sensible article regarding Photoshop's new AI tools. There have been so many reactionary comments lately that AI and Generative fill are going to replace artists. This demonstrates that it still needs a skilled Photoshop editor to make it look convincing.
It's just another tool. Our jobs are safe.