recompose in photoshop

Rework shots with Content-Aware Fill

5 Get closer

For images you’re using online, this all you have to do. For print images it’s worth being a little more detail oriented. Look at the fine details in your shot, and keep an eye out for repeating patterns generated by the Content-Aware crop process.

7 Content- Aware Fill

Press ß+%, or go to Edit > Fill… and you’ll see the Content-Aware Fill dialogue. Make sure the drop-down box at the top says Content-Aware and tap ® . You’ll then find that the pattern disappears.

9 Beyond boundaries

Content-Aware cropping allows you to give your subjects more space. Here, for example, we’d like our volcano to be a bit smaller in the frame, so we can run text around it. Press C, then drag the box beyond the boundaries of the original shot.

6 Outline the pattern

This repeating pattern is subtle, but will stand out once printed. It’s an easy fix, though – hit L to select the Lasso tool, then draw loosely around the pattern you’d like to fix. An accurate outline, in this case, is unimportant.

8 Fill again

If you’re still left with a repeating pattern, try the ContentAware fill process again. The result will change each time, so just stop when you’ve got a less obvious result. Press ç+D to deselect the area of your image you changed.

10 More space

Hit ® , and with you will see the new, recomposed image. Here, we have much more negative space and, thanks to a bit of that Content-Aware filling, an instant re-working – and improvement – of the original.