Photoshop's Content-Aware Fill Ain't Half Bad

Discussing generative AI is fraughtimages. It's easy to make binary distinctions. Love it, hate it. No in-between. I'm mostly against it for images. Fully admitting some look dope, the fact that it's making it harder for artists to make a living is too muchtime. Not to mention the resource usageenergy. There is one place I'm fine with it: background generation. Behind the Scenes I've taken to playing Magic: The Gathering. The crew I play with is spread across multiple countries. We use Tabletop Simulatortts for our virtual play surface. The app lets you customize play mats and card backs. I'm collecting a bunch of images for themplaymats. Take this awesome bear from The Smithsonian's public domain collectionbear. Wonderful. But, not the right aspect ratio. Play mats are 16:9. I don't know what the bear is. Just that it ain't that. I'd been dropping images into the middle of black backgrounds to cover the size. Something like this: Not bad. Better than stretching the image. But, not…