How to Use the New Content Aware Move Tool in Photoshop CS6

One of Photoshop CS6 new features is the content-aware move tool. This is no ordinary tool, but a very powerful one that allows you to change the picture in matter of seconds. Lets see it more closely.

 

1. Open a picture where you’d wish to change the location of the subject. We’d like to move the girl in the middle to the right.

How to Use the New Content Aware Move Tool in Photoshop CS6

2.  To accomplish that, select the Content-Aware Move tool that you can find from the toolbar.

How to Use the New Content Aware Move Tool in Photoshop CS6

3.  Now make a rough selection around your subject with the tool. Make sure you also include some background.

How to Use the New Content Aware Move Tool in Photoshop CS6

4.  Now just drag the selection to preferable place and let Photoshop to calculate a bit.

How to Use the New Content Aware Move Tool in Photoshop CS6

5.  After that you’ll see that the old place will be replaced with new background. Sometimes though, the subject is not perfectly fit to the new location. To fix that, try to switch between different Adaptations.

How to Use the New Content Aware Move Tool in Photoshop CS6

6.  And now you know how to use the new Content-Aware move tool inside Photoshop CS6.

How to Use the New Content Aware Move Tool in Photoshop CS6

And that is How to Use the New Content Aware Move Tool in Photoshop CS6

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