Check your layers. You cannot content-aware fill an adjustment layer, for example. And you cannot content-aware fill a smart object. So if the selected layer is an adjustment layer or a smart object, then content-aware options are greyed out.
Start from one of the corners and drag inwards. Once you have your selection made, choose Edit > Content Aware Scale. Next, hold shift and drag out to fill the canvas with your selection. Remove your selection by pressing Ctrl-D on a Windows keyboard or Cmd-D on a Mac, and then repeat the process on the opposite side.
In the Tools panel, click the icon to select the Artboard tool.
- Draw the artboard on the canvas.
- Resize the artboard if necessary. From the tool options bar, select a preset size from the Size pop-up menu. Alternatively, you can leave the artboard custom-sized.
To open the Content-Aware Fill workspace first make a selection around an object. Then go to Edit>Content-Aware Fill If the Content-Aware Fill option is greyed out, use a selection tool like the lasso (keyboard shortcut “L”) to highlight your content. This should activate the command.
Depth of field blending
- Copy or place the images you want to combine into the same document.
- Select the layers you want to blend.
- (Optional) Align the layers.
- With the layers still selected, choose Edit > Auto-Blend Layers.
- Select the Auto-Blend Objective:
With the Clone Stamp tool selected, position the cursor over the area you want to clone and then Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) to define the clone source. Position the cursor over the area where you want to paint the cloned pixels and then start painting. Note the cross hair at the original sampled area.
Quickly remove objects with Content-Aware Fill
- Select the object. Make a quick selection of an object you want to remove using Select Subject, the Object Selection Tool, the Quick Selection Tool, or the Magic Wand Tool.
- Open Content-Aware Fill.
- Refine the selection.
- Click OK when you're happy with the fill results.
Go under the Edit menu and choose Content-Aware Scale (or press Command-Option-Shift-C [PC: Ctrl-Alt-Shift-C]). Grab the top handle, drag straight upward, and notice that it stretches the sky upward, but pretty much leaves the jet intact. Grab the bottom handle and drag downward, and it again stretches the sky.
- Choose Image > Image Size.
- Measure width and height in pixels for images you plan to use online or in inches (or centimeters) for images to print. Keep the link icon highlighted to preserve proportions.
- Select Resample to change the number of pixels in the image. This changes the image size.
- Click OK.
To scale proportionally from the center of an image, press and hold the Alt (Win) / Option (Mac) key as you drag a handle. Holding Alt (Win) / Option (Mac) to scale proportionally from the center.
To resize a layer or a selected object within a layer, select "Transform" from the Edit menu and click "Scale." Eight square anchor points appear around the object. Drag any of these anchor points to resize the object. If you want to constrain the proportions, hold down the "Shift" key while dragging.
Adjust anchor points: Use the Direct Selection tool to manipulate anchor points, direction handles, lines, and curves. Transform shapes: Choose Edit→Transform Path or with the Move tool selected, select the Show Transform Controls option on the Options bar to transform shapes.
There are four main groups of tools, separated by functionality on the Tools panel: selection, cropping, and measuring; retouching and painting; drawing and type; and navigation. At the bottom of the Tools panel you find Set foreground color and Set background color, as well as Quick Mask. A.
When using Free Transform: Command + T (Mac) | Control + T (Win) displays the free transform bounding box. Position the cursor outside of the transformation handles (the cursor becomes a double headed arrow), and drag to rotate.
Press Ctrl + T (Windows) or ? Cmd + T (Mac). This activates the Transform tool, so you'll be able to freely change the size of the photo. If you want to maintain the ratio, you can press ⇧ Shift as you drag the photo size.
Photopea allows you to make the resolution lower or larger and scale the content of the document according to the new resolution. You can do it by choosing Image - Image Size and entering a new size. You can also enter a new DPI value there. You can also rotate or flip the image using Image - Transform - Rotate etc.
