Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

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Subtract mode to trim the selection where unwanted foliage is included, while still including
all of the rock.
Adjust the Fill Settings. For this exercise, adjusting the Color Adaptation setting should be
the most useful. You probably won’t use the other options, although they are useful in other
situations. Rotation Adaptation is useful for re-creating missing areas of content that’s
radial (such as a flower) or along an arc. Scale helps adapt a fill for patterned content. The
Mirror option can be useful for symmetrical content.

Tip
To quickly switch the Lasso tool between the Add and Subtract modes, press the E key.

Tip
Content-Aware Fill randomizes results to make fixes look more natural, but if you want
more consistent results, select the Enable Repeatability option. This will cause the
preview to take longer to calculate and display.

11. When you’re satisfied with the result, click OK, and then choose Select > Deselect.

In the Layers panel, notice that by default, the fill is created as a new layer named Background
Copy. If you hide the new layer, you can see the entire original image in the Background layer.


Tip
If you don’t want Content-Aware Fill to create the fill as a new layer, before closing
Content-Aware Fill, change the Output To option in Output Settings.
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