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date. One of the new features we will be looking at today is called Content Aware. This feature allows you
to quickly fill in a selection with surrounding content making it look like a part of the original image. In this
case we will choose to remove a person from a photo, this can be done in less than five minutes. With the Email
additional image enhancements this tutorial will take you less than 10 minutes to complete.
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We are extracting the person on the left from this photo. Using the Pen Tool, (P) Begin by making a path
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Notice in the image below how far I am drawing the path from the subject. Try to keep this distance all the
way around. If you go too close, Content Aware will take pixels from the subject. If you cut too far it will take
pixels from the woman on the right.


Step 3
Once you complete the path around the subject, turn it into a selection. This can be done by right clicking
on the path and selecting Make Selection.

A dialog box will pop-up, make sure the feathering is set to 0px. Leave all other options as they are. Click
OK.

Step 4
Now we have an active selection around our subject. In this step we will make the subject disappear from
the image using Content Aware Fill. To do this, go to Edit > Fill.

A dialog box will pop-up, make sure the Content Aware option is selected. Blending mode is set to normal
and the opacity is at 100%. Hit OK.


You can cancel the selection at any time by making another selection or just clicking anywhere else on the
page with any selection tool.
Step 5
In this step we will remove some of the other artifacts in the image using the same process. The content
aware tool did miss a spot where the subject’s foot originally was. To do this, draw a rectangle around the
area using the rectangle selection tool. And use the content aware fill as we have done in the previous
steps.




Now let’s remove the people towards the right of the image. Create a rectangle selection around them and
use the steps we just demonstrated to remove them.



Step 6 (Optional)
Using the Crop Tool (C) lets crop the image so that the focus is drawn to the woman jumping. To do this,
just crop out an area of the image that you would like to keep. Beware of the shadow that is left behind
from the person that we have removed. You can use the Content Aware feature to remove this shadow but I
have decided to crop it out altogether.

Click the checkmark at the top to keep this area. Photoshop will discard the content that is outside of your
crop area.
Step 7 (Optional)
In this step we will enhance the photo by giving it a more vibrant look. The colors currently appear
somewhat dull. There are many ways to accomplish this but we will use Color Curves. To do this, go to
Image > Adjustments > Curves, (Cmd + M). A dialog box will pop-up and we will select each of the
channels, R, G, B and work on them separately. Select the Red channel from the dropdown menu.
We are going to make two points on the graph. One in the bottom of the top right square, and one in the top
of the bottom left square.

Once you have made these points, make sure you enter the values for each. For the top right point the
Output value is 199, and the input value is 185. For the bottom point the values are 56 and 68, respectively.
You can play around with these setting and adjust them to whatever you feel is appropriate. Repeat this for
each of the colors, Green and Blue.


Final Image
Your image should now look something like the one seen below. As you can see, we have removed the
man on her left with very little effort using Photoshop CS5′s new Content Aware Feature.

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Jason June 1, 2010 at 7:01 am

How is this different than using the heal brush with the content-aware radio button
selected? Just a different way of doing a defined selection?
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Alicia June 18, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Hmm. I wonder if it’s a more accurate/faster of removing objects than the clone/healing tools. But
I’d like to know as well, how does it differ. It seems like a great time saver, esp for me since I’m
always removing stuff.
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cara October 14, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Look for videos on youtube for content aware fill. Keep in mind it does not completely
replace clone stamp but i can do just as good if you have a good image for it (good
contrast, lots of areas to copy from, ect.).
ALivx June 2, 2010 at 4:16 am

nice man nice

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friend June 2, 2010 at 4:00 pm

Hi,
i tried this above option but iam able see the “conten-aware” in fill dialog box..
when say fill its filling with flat color of foreground not image part…
can show me details for above said image..
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Martin June 2, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Hey, from what I gather after reading your problem it seems like you might be trying to apply
the content aware fill on another layer, different from the main image. The “fill” must be
performed on the actual image, there is no need to create other layers here.
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DJ_Rabbit June 6, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Not I can´t to see the “conten-aware” too. I have only one layer, the main. Can you help
me?
Captain Logic June 12, 2010 at 11:50 pm
Make sure the layer is unlocked.
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cara October 14, 2010 at 11:08 pm
make sure you are using cs5 also
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Rich June 3, 2010 at 4:37 am

Great feature but i cant help but feel that Adobe are de-valuing the designers trade a little,
soon any 12 year old with a PC and a dodgy copy of Adobe will be able to achieve results
that typically take some time and skill from experienced designers.
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Dan June 6, 2010 at 1:54 am
Progress. It just means most of the quality will be in knowing what to do rather than how to do it.
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Shane June 11, 2010 at 3:18 pm
How do you think us photographers feel? Every teenager with a DSLR is now a “professional
photographer.” On top of that, our DSLR’s now shoot HD video, so we gotta become
videographers too!
Progress. You either get on board or get left in the dust.
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Peter June 13, 2010 at 11:29 pm
We must destroy technology and go back to the stone age!! Let’s burn Adobe Software!!
Lol Your comment made me remember a passage I read some time ago… people destroyed
sewing machines because they said the new machines would take their jobs and make people
homless…
http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/159734/technology/industrial_sewing_machine_.html
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Rob November 21, 2010 at 2:30 pm
@Rich
Did you actually just suggest that technology take a break from progressing to give you job
security? I think that is the most absurd thing I have heard in a technical forum. Do you think that
all the photographers and graphic designers, before you, were de-valued as the tools you use
today came into existence?
Seriously. This is the point of technology.

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plaito June 6, 2010 at 1:10 am

i think just copy paste or clone tool would do the work its just copy paste the other hill…..
look verycarefully at the hill same as the other one.
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slipdem June 8, 2010 at 4:25 am

great lesson
tnx 4 that =)
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MASTER June 8, 2010 at 10:22 am

U MIGHT BE KIDDING, RIGHT?
a tutorial for CONTENT AWARE????????
gimme a break
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SMS December 3, 2010 at 2:51 pm
It help me! I knew in general that it could be done. I had seen someone do it, but could not
remember what it was called or how to go about it. So, yes, this tutorial was a big help to me.
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. June 9, 2010 at 11:10 pm

I can still see the man in the finished product, but good tutorial, nonetheless.
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Captain Logic June 13, 2010 at 12:24 am
Yes he is still there. That’s where the pro touch ups come in me thinks.

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Paul June 13, 2010 at 12:38 am
You are right! Good eye!
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Chris October 14, 2010 at 11:56 am
Yes this is the first thing I noticed. This could be fixed by selecting the clone stamp tool and
sampling left or right of where the man was. Then set the opacity to about 45% and staying
horizontal to your sampled area, clone in ever so slightly until his ghosted outline is no
longer visible anymore. I guess we will always need professional human intervention. Nice
tutorial though:).
Alan Walsh March 21, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Neurologicaly you think you can see the man because your brain has locked him there from the
original photo and refuses to let you see what you wish to from the excercise.
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kkk June 13, 2010 at 6:16 am

http://www.netglos.com/how-to-remove-a-person-from-a-photo-by-using-cs-5-content-
aware/
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martin June 14, 2010 at 11:44 pm

WOW look!, that website stole my tutorial.
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alex June 17, 2010 at 3:30 pm

cool tutorial! another great photoshop cs5 resource i found:
http://www.peachpit.com/adobecs5
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Alec Purcell June 18, 2010 at 2:35 am

his shadow is still there too
no biggie or anything, but maybe remove that too? in-case one is interested in making this
photo ultra realistic.
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sain June 23, 2010 at 3:35 pm
That’s not his shadow. Take another look.
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moonfish December 14, 2010 at 2:05 pm
It’s mentioned in the text that the image was cropped to get rid of the guy’s shadow in part 6 but
I guess some people aren’t here for the articles.
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Anne July 18, 2010 at 4:57 pm

I noticed that this works only on the original layer not on copy layers. And I think it’s silly
because you may need to “delete” objects on copy layers when you’re doing a creation.
Sorry for my english but I’m French…
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someone July 21, 2010 at 12:07 pm

YOU FORGET TO REMOVE THE SHADOW OF THE GUY ON THE DOCK !!!!!!
CHECK THE FIRST ORIGINAL PICTURE…
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coder99 July 28, 2010 at 2:02 pm

Gr8 work.. thanks for this.. I ve been looking out for some good sites to learn photoshop
…. This is a good list of ‘em..
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Raj Satarkar July 29, 2010 at 12:25 pm

Hi
thanx for your help
but i have problem i done from step 1 to step 4 but image not cut properly its mixed up
so please give me a solution so that i can do the same please pl pl
Raj
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Martin August 5, 2010 at 4:27 pm

Hey, the accuracy of the content aware tool depends on the selection. if you cut too close
the person will be visible if you cut too far it will get mixed up with other elements within.
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clipping path August 26, 2010 at 9:16 am

Wow ! That’s a good instruction. Really it is much more helpful to a beginner. Thanks for
sharing it.
Regards,
Al Kamal Md. Razib
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alfonso August 28, 2010 at 3:25 am

very good tutorial always something new to learn, for a beginners,
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Kevin October 14, 2010 at 10:48 pm

Dont forget to remove the SHADOWS. DURRRRRRRRRRRRR
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OxygenN November 7, 2010 at 7:28 am

hey Step 4 then my pic http://stat.gogo.mn/blog/7/35207/wor1d/help.JPG , why this?
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tami November 18, 2010 at 5:29 am

this is a great way to take a person out, you saved me many hours with a clone tool.
thanks for the info
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shapewear November 23, 2010 at 11:18 am

Progress. You either get on board or get left in the dust.
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Xanadu December 26, 2010 at 11:51 pm

I can still see the dude’s outline.
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y0g3 January 14, 2011 at 1:02 am

i don’t believe it, i think it’s bullshit. how can it draw the island on its own thats impossible.
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y0g3 January 14, 2011 at 1:20 am

nevermind i’m a believe now i actually did it

thank you
croped out my gf lol
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Oliver January 17, 2011 at 3:07 am

This may be an absurdly dumb question, but how did Adobe fill in/complete the random
island in the background that the guy’s foot was formerly covering? Am I misunderstanding
something?
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davide scalzo February 13, 2011 at 5:18 pm

i just got CS5, from CS3 and this tutorial is really cool))) thanks
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youji February 22, 2011 at 12:58 am

wow~~~~ Thanks^^
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Carmen Cardoza March 7, 2011 at 3:40 pm

What a super time saver! Thank you and I LOVE CS5!
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friend June 2, 2010 at 4:00 pm

can show me details for above said image..

Martin June 2, 2010 at 8:39 pm

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Captain Logic June 12, 2010 at 11:50 pm

Make sure the layer is unlocked.

cara October 14, 2010 at 11:08 pm

make sure you are using cs5 also