In-Depth Tutorial: How to Use Photoshop AI Generative Fill in 2023

For more than 30 years, Adobe Photoshop has been the industry standard for picture processing. Photoshop AI generative fill, the next great thing in image editing, was introduced by Adobe in early 2023. You can add or remove objects, increase the width or height of an image, and remove backgrounds using the most recent beta version of Photoshop. This article will describe the generative fill feature in Photoshop AI, what it may be used for, and some practical advice.

Photoshop AI Generative Fill: What is it?

With only a few clicks, you can easily fill, edit, and remove image objects with Photoshop's AI generative fill function. It generates portions of photographs or even full composite shots in a fraction of the time it would take a human to do it thanks to machine learning artificial intelligence (AI). A strikingly realistic work of art is produced by matching lighting, perspective, coloring, and shadows by scrutinizing every pixel in an image. This non-destructive tool organizes each created element into its own layer, complete with a layer mask, allowing you to effortlessly undo any modifications you aren't happy with. Because of this, you can improve and alter the designs you produce using any of Photoshop's other tools, such as blending modes or filter effects. Better still, it is compatible with your preferred Photoshop keyboard shortcuts. 

You'll need to download Photoshop beta from Adobe in order to try out the Photoshop AI generative fill tool because it's currently the only version of Photoshop that supports it.

Photoshop Beta Download Instructions

Unless you wish to test it out on Adobe's Firefly web app, you must have a Creative Cloud subscription in order to use Photoshop AI generative fill. Depending on the tools you choose, the price can vary, but a standalone version of Photoshop costs about $21 each month. A 7-day free trial of Photoshop is available if you wish to explore its capabilities before making a purchase, allowing you to determine whether you want to keep using it.

Click the download button to get Photoshop after signing up. By doing this, the Creative Suite control panel will be installed on your computer. Go to the Apps tab after launching the Creative Cloud dashboard. From there, look for the Beta Apps tab on the dashboard's left side. To install Photoshop (Beta), click it and then do a search.

Using the Photoshop AI Generative Fill interface 

Taskbar You can begin producing as soon as you install Photoshop beta. To help you understand what the tools are and where they are, let's first have a look at the generative fill contextual taskbar and its settings. When a new picture or document is created or imported, the taskbar will show up below the image area.

The taskbar's settings while an image or subject is not selected are broken down below, along with brief descriptions of each: 

1. Use this button to instruct Photoshop to choose the object in your photo. This is helpful if you want to get rid of the background in your images or pick a certain topic, such as a person, car, animal, etc., to utilize.
   
   
2. Remove background: Photoshop utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to identify the likely subject in your shot and remove the background around it.
   
   
3. Flip your photo horizontally or vertically to transform it.
   
   
4. By adding an adjustment layer, you can change the color and tone of your image by using one of the many adjustment presets. Using this tool, you may also make your own adjustment layer.
   
   
5. Taskbar visuals: Select whether to pin or unpin the taskbar from its current position, hide it, or show it.
   
   
6. Controls whether the properties panel for your image and any generated fill layers are visible or hidden.

The choose topic tool (1), any marquee or lasso tool (2), the object selection, rapid selection, or the magic wand tool (3) can all be used to make selections in your image. The taskbar's generative fill tools are then revealed after the selection appears with marching ants (4) all around it. (5).

Let's now examine the resources accessible after choosing a subject: 

1. Where you add text suggestions to make visuals is called a generative fill.
   
   
2. Selection tool: To achieve better results, you can smooth, extend, or compress the selection after making a boundary selection.
   
   
3. Inverting the selection means choosing the pixels on the outside rather than the inside.
   
   
4. Change the selection
5. Choosing a mask
6. New adjustment layer creation
7. Fill in the selection with a gradient or color
8. Settings for toolbar positioning
9. Deselect that choice
   

How to Apply an AI Generative Fill in Photoshop 

The generative fill tools in Photoshop AI can be used in a variety of ways. It allows you to start from blank when creating photographs, get rid of backdrops and objects, increase the size of your canvas, and make realistic backgrounds and objects. Despite the fact that there aren't many, these tools will save designers a tonne of time when it comes to altering poor-quality or ugly photographs.

Image Extension Using Photoshop AI 

The blank spaces on our canvas will be filled using the image from the preceding phase. To accomplish this, choose the rectangular marquee tool and create a selection all the way around the canvas's perimeter. Drag the selection over the white portions of the image while holding the shift to make multiple selections. Make careful to widen the selection to incorporate a few pixels from the source picture. Click the generative fill button to finish.

You'll see that a text prompt input box is displayed by the generative fill taskbar. In this case, we won't be entering any text. Photoshop AI will study the pixels in the image and extend them within your chosen area if you leave it blank. To complete the fill, click the Create button.

Here is our image after Photoshop has filled in the canvas's empty spaces. The generative layer attributes allow you to pick between three options after applying generative fill. As explained before, Photoshop creates a new layer with a mask so that your original image isn't altered. If you're not happy with the outcomes, you can click the produce button to get three new options. To achieve the desired outcomes, you can repeat that process as often as you wish. To reduce file size, remove any possibilities you rule out.

Generate Backgrounds with Photoshop AI 

In addition to extending the image area of your canvas, you can use generative fill to replace backgrounds in your images. For this step, we’ll eliminate the background of our car image and replace it with a depiction of the salt flats in Utah. First, you want to ensure nothing is selected. We can use the select subject button for our image, but other selection tools may produce a better result depending on the image you decide to use.

With your subject selected, click the invert selection tool. Make any necessary adjustments to your selected area, then click the generative fill button.

Enter the desired backdrop when the text prompt appears. For this example, we selected the salt flats of Utah. Click the Create button after that.

Photoshop AI: Create Objects That Look Realistic 

After placing the background, let's use generative fill to include a lake in our picture. We are going to make a selection underneath the car by using the lasso tool. A word of caution: Photoshop will replace any selected pixels with the data from the text prompt. Avoid including the car itself. Click the generative fill button after positioning the marching ants, then type the prompt, "Reflective lake." Click Create after that.

As you can see, Photoshop created a tiny pond with the car's reflection in the foreground of our picture.