I recently upgraded my copy of Photoshop from CS3 to CS5. In the past removing/adding bits and pieces to an image was usually done with the Clone tool but it was often a tedious process. The new Content Aware tool in CS5 aims at making all this a much easier task. The before and after shot shown here took me less than 5 minutes to accomplish. Keep in mind I am no where near to being a Photoshop 'guru'. I struggle and curse each and every time I use it.
Many will see this as a wish come true but we have to ask ourselves at what price? Photographers documenting the urban landscape will need to carefully weigh the power of this new tool before altering what they so carefully sought after to photograph in the first place.
When I took this image for my Expropriated Land series I purposely framed it so the hydro pole would neatly divide the two sections of this house. With the power of the Content Aware tool I doubt I would have given as much thought and time in framing this shot. Now that is a scary thought.
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