: Why do we have to select the surrounding area of an object in photoshop while removing it? So, its common knowledge that when you use the patch/content-aware tool in photoshop while removing

@Alves566

You have three options:


Select part of the object
Select the exact object
Select a bit outside the object


(1) Select part of the object won't work because then you won't have your entire object removed.

(2) Select the exact object will work but completely defeats the point of using content-aware tools. You might as well be masking and stuff if you're going to go through the trouble of an exact outline.

(3) Select a bit outside the object is thus the only real way to do this. It's not best. The best would be to do an exact outline using more advanced functions. This is an efficient way to get good enough results.

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