AI Generative Fill

Take an object out of a photograph and a question is left behind it: what was in that spot? The instruction sent here answers with the surrounding picture, asking for a seamless continuation of the background that matches lighting, perspective, and texture. That is why the useful prompt on this panel describes the gap rather than the thing you deleted.

Describe the hole, not the object

"Remove the cyclist" tells the pass what you did not want and nothing about what you did. "Cobblestone carriageway continuing under a low raking sun" describes the surface, the light, and the geometry it has to reconstruct. The guidance on this page is to keep the edit area focused, for the same reason: one named surface over a tight selection is a much narrower guess than a whole side of a street.

The ground remembers the object

A removed thing leaves two traces that a repair has to erase. There is the contact shadow under it and the cast shadow it threw, both of which the instruction is asked to continue rather than to fill with flat tone. Then there is perspective: a patch on a receding floor has to keep the floor's lines running. Check the base of the edit first, because a fill that matches the wall but forgets the floor reads as a sticker within a second.

Repeated patterns are where a repair shows

Brick, tile, fencing, chain-link, gravel, grass, and rows of windows all give the pass something the eye can count, and a break in the count is obvious. So is an averaged texture where the pattern should stay crisp. Inspect the rebuilt region at full zoom before you export, and expect to run a wide, softly lit surface more than once. What you are checking for is shadows, repeated patterns, perspective, and background continuity, and the same list covers replacing an object as well as removing one.

Frequently asked questions

about generative fill

Can I replace an object as well as remove it?

The workflow is described both ways — removing or replacing a selected object. For a replacement, name the surface or item you want in the prompt and keep the selection tight around the thing being swapped, since the pass is matching what you describe to what sits at the edge of the edit.

Why does my filled area look slightly pasted on?

Usually lighting or perspective at the boundary. Restate the light direction and the surface geometry in the prompt rather than rerunning an unchanged request, and check the ground under the edit for a leftover shadow.

Which images suit this panel?

JPEG, JPG, PNG, and WEBP uploads. Uniform surfaces close up most convincingly; a selection that straddles a busy boundary, a face, or a hand is where a reconstruction most often reads as invented.

Is it safe to delete a person from someone else's photo?

This is a retouching tool for material you own or are permitted to edit. Nothing here settles a rights question about the underlying picture, so treat the output as a derived image and keep your source file.