: Extending the background of an image in Photoshop Here's an original image I have above. Below, I indicated with an orange rectangle the area I want to use. Right now, I just used a

@Alves566

I think it will make a complicated if i explain to do with photoshop,
Instead that just go to www.toolpic.com
Click open file > then Go to Edit >
Then Go to Free transform. And now you can expand the pics till the selected area you want. And then crop it .

It quick and easy way to do. Hope it helps.

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@Nimeshi706

Photoshop has something called "content aware", which tries to replace parts of an image by automatically matching the texture and color of the selections surroundings.

Steps to recreate your background:


Crop your image as desired.
Make a selection on the same layer as your image of the areas you need to fill (using the any of the available selection tools; Magic Wand Tool, Rectangular Selection Tool, etc.)
Edit → Fill... and select "Content-Aware" from the dropdown.



The results are pretty good, but can sometimes be a bit off — see the extra piece of head/hair in the bottom left corner:



I used the Clone Stamp Tool to patch that, just alt+click the area you want to clone (in this case an adjacent open area of grey), and paint over the head with a click or two with a large soft brush.

Ta-da:

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@Jennifer810

The problem is that the background is not a single color. It gradates between a couple of shades of grey.

Matching those shades and gradients will be difficult. Alternately, you could try using a soft focus paintbrush or eraser tool to blend the edges of the photo to your background.

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