Cecil Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 When cropping and straightening a photo, sometimes transparent space is left and cropping to eliminate is not desirable option. There are workarounds to fill the transparent pixels. I would like to suggest adding a Content Aware Fill Layer to the Context Tool Bar. This, if enabled, would fill in the transparent pixels from averaging nearby pixels or any method development team decides, to fill transparent pixels. My concern is for the tool, not the method. Those that don’t need it, don’t tick box to fill. ashf, paaljoachim and Fixx 3 Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Also when doing perspective correction in develop persona empty corners result (and of course if you rotate). Filling these is probably not good idea in develop mode but it could be a tick to select beside develop button, filling blanks when entering normal mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Have you tried using Select>Alpha Range>Select Fully Transparent. That selects all the fully transparent areas around the cropped image. Then Select>Grow Shrink set the value to about 2 pixels. Now go to Edit>Inpaint or shortcut ALT+BACKSPACE. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 Yes, as stated there are workarounds, but why not have the simplicity of Content Aware fill. I dislike comparing products; however, Lightroom has added this simple one button click. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 @paaljoachim thanks. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paaljoachim Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Transparent pixels after a crop is something I have never really understood why happens. (Photoshop CS6 has the same problem. I have not yet noticed it in Affinity Photo.) It really should not happen in the first place, and should have an auto fill of closest pixels to fill in the gap that can happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, paaljoachim said: Transparent pixels after a crop is something I have never really understood why happens. (Photoshop CS6 has the same problem. I have not yet noticed it in Affinity Photo.) It really should not happen in the first place, and should have an auto fill of closest pixels to fill in the gap that can happen. Anytime you straighten your image it’s possible to move image outside the frame. There are workarounds and Macro posted in forum; however, why not just automate Content Aware? I guess this is not something many find needed. I receive a lot of photos that need straighten, so it’s a nuisance, not a problem. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Cecil said: why not just automate Content Aware? It would be a great timesaver. It would be even more helpful in perspective correction where there routinely appear transparent strips in lower corners. paaljoachim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Fixx said: It would be a great timesaver. It would be even more helpful in perspective correction where there routinely appear transparent strips in lower corners. Agree 100% Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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