Photoshop CS5 - worth it?

[StillFocus]

My biggest question is this: Is Content-Aware Fill all it's cracked up to be?

[lputman]

Yes, I think so. Check out what inkista did.

[StillFocus]

Wow, that is pretty impressive.

[inkista]

I was wondering where those hits were coming from.

Yeah, my hair was blown back. Two simple select & deletes, and I was done. It was awesome. However, it didn't help at all when it came to erasing the ghost (on the right side, to the left and below the red dot). When I tried to do a content-aware fill of that area, it grabbed the tourists to the left and shoved them in. It's not a cure-all. But it does beat the hell out of cloning and patching for some stuff. I am seriously looking forward to using it for xenith/nadir patches on cubic panos.

If you want a more detailed demo of content-aware fill, this pre-release demo by Adobe Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes does a better job. I was merely aping what he does in the demo with a stitched pano (around the 4:00 mark):

[Nicole]

In my tests I didn't find it to be all it's cracked up to be. On the images I used it on, I had to use small sections and do it bit by bit or it seemed to get confused. I imagine it probably takes more practice with it and learning the best way to do it and the right kind of images. And more RAM... lots more RAM than I have on the computer I tried it on

However, inkista's image looks great and it seemed to work really well there!

[WVCoalMiner]

So far I like it quite nicely! But since it was free there was no sense in not upgrading LOL

[inkista]

Originally Posted by Nicole

In my tests I didn't find it to be all it's cracked up to be. On the images I used it on, I had to use small sections and do it bit by bit or it seemed to get confused.... However, inkista's image looks great and it seemed to work really well there!

Yup, as with patching/cloning/healing, it's very dependent on the content of the image you're using it on as to how effective it can be, and you have to learn when both to use and not use it. My image was damn near ideal, as there was a lot of sky for it to sample, and it was pretty clear what went into the empty space in terms of what's adjacent to the edges of the space to be filled in.

Originally Posted by WVCoalMiner

So far I like it quite nicely! But since it was free there was no sense in not upgrading LOL

Looooove that Adobe post-announcement free upgrade.

[zappo]

In my opinion: Best upgrade since Photoshop CS, so yes go on and get it

[WVCoalMiner]

OK OK Just used the Content Aware Fill for the first time..........BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD!!!!!!

[rvpals]

CS5 upgrade is totally worth it. I haven't see that much change since photoshop comes into CS.

Content aware fill is great. Even the spot healing tool with content aware is awesome for editing old scratch etc in old picture. I tried removing the power lines in my picture, it looks so seamless after it was removed.