Have you been playing with Generative Fill? Let me know your thoughts in the comments. If you are interested in Headshot Tools email support@headshottools.com
I'm not a photographer but a commercial interior designer. I'm really enjoying using gen fill, and this video gave me the idea to put a background on my own social media pic, and I think it looks really good. Plus, I didn't know to use the word "blurry" which is super helpful.
Great video. Of note: the remove background function has been there for a while in the Properties Panel under Quick Actions. It's great that it's now in the new contextual task bar though.
Thank you for this video, it's just what I was looking for. And I also have a question. Say I'm doing pictures for a company and they all want the same generative background in their images. How would I do this?
It's the long way round, but you can do a stamp visible layer (Shift+Opt+Cmd+E) and hit 'Select Subject'. Then use Generative Fill to create the rest of the background (don't add an input, it'll figure it out) over the subject and merge the layers. Now you have your full background. I've read that you can incorporate Generative Fill into an action which could make doing this faster if you're doing it on multiple backgrounds, but I haven't tried that yet.
Not really, but you are going to want to watch my latest video for sure. That’s exactly what it addresses :) Replace Headshot Backgrounds in One Click with AI ruclips.net/video/v5IV9BAtKZI/видео.html
What if you have a corporate headshot and the background has to be similar or the same for all the images? Can PS generative fill create the same backgrounds to all of the headshots?
Have you faced the wrong sizes of the generated background? Im doing product photos for website. I have an object that is around half meter diameter, its a roll of a garden hose. I remove background and ask photoshop to put it on standing on grass. And photoshop creates close-up background and eventually it looks like a macro shot. And my half meter diameter roll of a garden hose looks like 10 centimeters. Any advice to specify size of generated background?
Honestly I don't do anything as complex as that. Headshot backgrounds are quite a bit simpler than trying to put a product in grass. I think that understanding the limitations of AI and seeing how it extends the abilities of good planning and good photography is really the best way to use it. To answer your question, no I'm sorry I don't have any experience with that.
You could try not to remove the bakground, select the person, then invert selection and then expand selection just a little bit. Before generating the background. You might get a better result depending on what you want. I noticed generating fill even fake strands of hair to blend in to the background.
At this point it’s a little hit or miss with the generative fill, but you can use Select and Mask to get a better selection of the subject before you inverse select the background and fill it.
But dont forget saving that file with all those variations was almost half a gig. So make sure you have a scratch disk and not setup to use your main hard drive or you will run out of space quick.
@@GaryHughesOfficial no sir. I watched the content and commented..RUclips right? 😒.. Snarky remarks don't take away my knowledge and capability to spot stock imagery or fakery. I've never been impressed by stock photos, but...simple things for simple folk impress easy 🙄. Cheers bud.
No snark intended, amigo. Just wanted to get some feedback from the negative comment you made. Despite being a little rude, (honestly I get that it's hard to convey tone in type so maybe that's my assumption) your opinion is valid and important to the growth process. Well I certainly agree that it's not perfect, the rate it seems to be improving is pretty bonkers. Not to mention that I am new to the tool and probably not as skilled at the prompts as many of my colleagues are. With a little bit of practice, I'm sure my skills will improve. The real question is, would a client see the difference or care? I would wager that many would not.
@@GaryHughesOfficial my job is provide quality images, video and graphics to x company. Generative fill works off stock imagery, which I respect. Although I see a use for fun, I would have just gotten a real background and a good headshot where changing the background won't be on the client's mind. That's how it's done in the pro world. You get it right at the source. Little tweaks? Maybe. But a whole background? Not in pro world. The tool is a gimmick like most AI because again, video and photo pros get it at the source. Lights, scene, subject, bkg. I wish you luck on whatever venture into fakery your taking. But it won't replace me by a long shot. And I don't mind a client using AI so they see the quality difference between pro and gimmick. Not everyone is sold on hype. Anywho, thank you for the content. Cheers sir.
You make a lot of assumptions here, but I'm gonna gloss over the rudeness and respond to the content in your comment. I am in total agreement with you that AI isn't a good replacement for good foundational skills in photography, but the tools that are coming out of it are very interesting to play with and have potential. If you ignore them, you are likely to take a big hit down the road when using AI tools for the "pro world" become standard practice. As of now, I don't use any AI in my work other than a retouching plugin that removes blemishes (it's really pretty awesome) in part because the beta version of generative fill doesn't generate high resolution content yet (limited to 1024x1024 pixels per fill) and because it isn't licensed for commercial use yet. After 18 years as a pro photographer and surviving a global financial meltdown and a pandemic, I have gotten pretty good at staying ahead of the curve when things change. My view at the moment is that there will remain a need for professionals who really know their stuff and can capture great content at the source. People said digital would destroy photography, they were wrong. People said that Photoshop and digital manipulation would destroy photography, they were wrong again. I am pretty sure that AI won't destroy photography, but as the consumer evolves over the next few years and begins to expect photographers to be able to produce the kinds of products and services quickly and easily that AI can provide, those who haven't adapted will start to see some real problems in their businesses. I wish you the best and thanks for the interaction.
Have you been playing with Generative Fill? Let me know your thoughts in the comments. If you are interested in Headshot Tools email support@headshottools.com
I'm not a photographer but a commercial interior designer. I'm really enjoying using gen fill, and this video gave me the idea to put a background on my own social media pic, and I think it looks really good. Plus, I didn't know to use the word "blurry" which is super helpful.
It certainly has incredible potential :)
Nice video, Gary. Thanks. I believe if you click the three dots on the taskbar, it allows you to pin the taskbar anywhere you want.
Lol, got it now, thank you. Appreciate the help
Generative fill is a game changer for sure! Thanks for the vid!
you were the one who told me about it! so, thanks :)
I get to bed at 1am since this came out because I'm up playing with it ahhhhhhh
Sorry about that!
OMG thank you for posting this! I have been trying to figure out how to do this very thing! Thank you!!!!
Happy to help :)
you said "rad". well played
It’s a very common word in our house :)
Great video. Of note: the remove background function has been there for a while in the Properties Panel under Quick Actions. It's great that it's now in the new contextual task bar though.
Thanks for the info!
You can go in and make changes after, you just use the lasso tool and generate without a prompt
Good tip, thank you!
Yep, that one pic had a weird white bag on it and he could have lasso'd it and removed it
You can pin the taskbar wherever you want so it won't move around.
Thanks Rob! Pro tip :)
Thank you! That has been driving me nuts!
Thank you for this video, it's just what I was looking for. And I also have a question. Say I'm doing pictures for a company and they all want the same generative background in their images. How would I do this?
Create a new file in photoshop, nothing in it. Select the whole area and use generative fill to play around until you have a background you like :)
Try going just outside the subject with lasso. Then do it. It will blend better
I’ll give it a go, thanks!
I'm curious as to whether or not you can save one of those backgrounds to apply to other people's headshots from the same company..?
That I don't think you can do yet...yet
It's the long way round, but you can do a stamp visible layer (Shift+Opt+Cmd+E) and hit 'Select Subject'. Then use Generative Fill to create the rest of the background (don't add an input, it'll figure it out) over the subject and merge the layers. Now you have your full background. I've read that you can incorporate Generative Fill into an action which could make doing this faster if you're doing it on multiple backgrounds, but I haven't tried that yet.
@@waynedennyphoto clever!
Being able to use for a company>That would be amazing!
What if we want to use the same exact background again, with a different shot? Is that possible????
Not really, but you are going to want to watch my latest video for sure. That’s exactly what it addresses :) Replace Headshot Backgrounds in One Click with AI
ruclips.net/video/v5IV9BAtKZI/видео.html
What if you have a corporate headshot and the background has to be similar or the same for all the images? Can PS generative fill create the same backgrounds to all of the headshots?
Not currently that I’m aware of. The feature is still in beta so it’s not licensed for commercial use just yet
Have you faced the wrong sizes of the generated background? Im doing product photos for website. I have an object that is around half meter diameter, its a roll of a garden hose. I remove background and ask photoshop to put it on standing on grass. And photoshop creates close-up background and eventually it looks like a macro shot. And my half meter diameter roll of a garden hose looks like 10 centimeters. Any advice to specify size of generated background?
Honestly I don't do anything as complex as that. Headshot backgrounds are quite a bit simpler than trying to put a product in grass. I think that understanding the limitations of AI and seeing how it extends the abilities of good planning and good photography is really the best way to use it. To answer your question, no I'm sorry I don't have any experience with that.
@GaryHughesOfficial okay, thanks for sharing your experience and for the respond)
no problem@@r0man_kurilenko
If you save as .psd file with all the variations, is the file gargantuan?
it's a chunky boy, yes. In this case it was 400mb
You could try not to remove the bakground, select the person, then invert selection and then expand selection just a little bit. Before generating the background. You might get a better result depending on what you want. I noticed generating fill even fake strands of hair to blend in to the background.
That's a great idea! Been watching more videos on this feature seeing how to use it best. It's very cool but has a bit of a learning curve.
I approciated your video and the headshot background focus. If you wanted to make a followup video I would watch it for sure.
Already thinking about it actually :) Thanks for the support
How do you blend or feather the edges on the subject so it looks natural?
At this point it’s a little hit or miss with the generative fill, but you can use Select and Mask to get a better selection of the subject before you inverse select the background and fill it.
@@GaryHughesOfficial thank you. Great advice.
my pleasure
It doesn't matter how fast your computer is. Calculations are done in Adobe cloud.
Good to know.
Slow internet speed will lock it up though
good to know, thank you
But dont forget saving that file with all those variations was almost half a gig. So make sure you have a scratch disk and not setup to use your main hard drive or you will run out of space quick.
Great point! Thanks for the tip.
pin the task bar... and it's easier to manage
Noted, thanks!
lol. it looks like you photo-bashed 2 stock images....poorly. lol, horrible.
Did you just look at the thumbnail and leave a comment? Lol
@@GaryHughesOfficial no sir. I watched the content and commented..RUclips right? 😒.. Snarky remarks don't take away my knowledge and capability to spot stock imagery or fakery. I've never been impressed by stock photos, but...simple things for simple folk impress easy 🙄. Cheers bud.
No snark intended, amigo. Just wanted to get some feedback from the negative comment you made. Despite being a little rude, (honestly I get that it's hard to convey tone in type so maybe that's my assumption) your opinion is valid and important to the growth process. Well I certainly agree that it's not perfect, the rate it seems to be improving is pretty bonkers. Not to mention that I am new to the tool and probably not as skilled at the prompts as many of my colleagues are. With a little bit of practice, I'm sure my skills will improve. The real question is, would a client see the difference or care? I would wager that many would not.
@@GaryHughesOfficial my job is provide quality images, video and graphics to x company. Generative fill works off stock imagery, which I respect.
Although I see a use for fun, I would have just gotten a real background and a good headshot where changing the background won't be on the client's mind.
That's how it's done in the pro world.
You get it right at the source.
Little tweaks? Maybe. But a whole background? Not in pro world.
The tool is a gimmick like most AI because again, video and photo pros get it at the source. Lights, scene, subject, bkg.
I wish you luck on whatever venture into fakery your taking. But it won't replace me by a long shot. And I don't mind a client using AI so they see the quality difference between pro and gimmick.
Not everyone is sold on hype.
Anywho, thank you for the content. Cheers sir.
You make a lot of assumptions here, but I'm gonna gloss over the rudeness and respond to the content in your comment. I am in total agreement with you that AI isn't a good replacement for good foundational skills in photography, but the tools that are coming out of it are very interesting to play with and have potential. If you ignore them, you are likely to take a big hit down the road when using AI tools for the "pro world" become standard practice. As of now, I don't use any AI in my work other than a retouching plugin that removes blemishes (it's really pretty awesome) in part because the beta version of generative fill doesn't generate high resolution content yet (limited to 1024x1024 pixels per fill) and because it isn't licensed for commercial use yet. After 18 years as a pro photographer and surviving a global financial meltdown and a pandemic, I have gotten pretty good at staying ahead of the curve when things change. My view at the moment is that there will remain a need for professionals who really know their stuff and can capture great content at the source. People said digital would destroy photography, they were wrong. People said that Photoshop and digital manipulation would destroy photography, they were wrong again. I am pretty sure that AI won't destroy photography, but as the consumer evolves over the next few years and begins to expect photographers to be able to produce the kinds of products and services quickly and easily that AI can provide, those who haven't adapted will start to see some real problems in their businesses. I wish you the best and thanks for the interaction.