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Sony DSC-RX1
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/08/2010 08:59:39 PM · #1
Just wondering, due to the recent release of Photoshop CS5 and its new "content-aware fill" option that automatically fill sin unwanted image details such as people int he background, leaves, etc.

Will this be allowed in basic or advanced editing? Seems like a lot more people will be using it, as it is now part of photoshop CS5.
Lytro Illum Light Field Digital
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 05/08/2010 09:07:24 PM · #2
This is an easy one...

From the advanced rules:

"You may not use ANY editing tool to move, remove or duplicate any element of your photograph that would change a typical viewer’s description of the photograph (aside from color or crop), even if the tool is otherwise legal, and regardless of whether you intended the change when the photograph was taken."
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 05/08/2010 09:22:17 PM · #3
I've seen an interpretation that as long as the item removed is not considered a "major element of the photo", then this type of edit is allowed under Advanced. After all, versions of Photoshop since CS3 have done a decent job with the "spot healing" tool...they've just now started adding the moniker "content aware". Even the GIMP has had a similar tool for ages called "resynthesizer" or some such.
Lytro Illum Light Field Digital
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 05/08/2010 09:30:30 PM · #4
Originally posted by david_c:
I've seen an interpretation that as long as the item removed is not considered a "major element of the photo", then this type of edit is allowed under Advanced. After all, versions of Photoshop since CS3 have done a decent job with the "spot healing" tool...they've just now started adding the moniker "content aware". Even the GIMP has had a similar tool for ages called "resynthesizer" or some such.


That would be this part of the rules that I quoted:

Originally posted by yakatme:
that would change a typical viewer’s description of the photograph


That's what would determine the legality of it. The OP specified "fill in unwanted people". It would matter just how far he goes with this.
Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 05/08/2010 09:38:42 PM · #5
Advanced Editing does not legislate based on the tool used, but on the result obtained. Content-aware fill is just a very sophisticated cloning tool. It doesn't do anything we couldn't laboriously do by hand. Its legality will depend entirely on what's being erased, and on what's being added in its place, just as the use of the clone tool is governed now.

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