Setting
Last updated on
Oct 27, 2025
Learn about the settings in the Content-Aware Fill panel, including sampling area overlay, fill options, and output controls in Adobe Photoshop.
The Content-Aware Fill panel provides several options to refine how Photoshop samples source pixels and applies the fill. You can control the sampling area, adjust fill behavior, and choose how results are output.
Sampling area overlay
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Description |
Options/Values |
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Show Sampling Area |
Displays the overlay on the image in the document window. The reset icon restores the default sampling area. |
On or off. |
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Opacity |
Controls the transparency of the overlay. |
Slider, a percentage value between 0% to 100%. |
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Color |
Assigns a display color to the overlay. Select the color swatch to open the Adobe Color Picker. |
Any color. |
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Indicates |
Defines whether the overlay shows the sampling area or the excluded area. |
Sampling Area, Excluded Area. |
Sampling area options
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Setting |
Description |
Options/Values |
|---|---|---|
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Auto |
Uses content like the surrounding fill area. |
On or off. |
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Rectangular |
Uses a rectangular region around the fill area. |
On or off. |
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Custom |
Allows manual definition of the sampling area using the Sampling Brush tool. |
On or off. |
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Sample All Layers |
Collects source pixels from all visible layers in the document. |
On or off. |
Fill settings
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Setting |
Description |
Options/Values |
|---|---|---|
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Color Adaptation |
Adjusts contrast and brightness for a smoother match. Useful for gradual color or texture changes. |
None, Default, High, Very High. |
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Rotation Adaptation |
Aligns rotated or curved patterns with surrounding content. |
None, Low, Medium, High, Full. |
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Scale |
Resizes content to match repeating patterns of different sizes or perspectives. |
On or off. |
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Mirror |
Flips the content horizontally to match symmetrical images. |
On or off. |
The reset icon restores all fill settings to default values.
Output settings
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Setting |
Description |
Options/Values |
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Output To |
Determines where the filled content is applied. |
Current Layer, New Layer, Duplicate Layer. |
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