One of the new features of Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the addition of Content-Aware to the Fill dialog box. This a an awesome new feature and makes cleaning up areas in photograph really easy. Plus, it does a really nice job. But while testing this new feature in the CS5 prerelease beta I found that...
Thanks for the tip, I’ve been searching for the whole day for a solution to this! I just tried, but for some reason the Shift-Delete does not work. It has the same effect as a simple delete… I am wondering, is there something I did not catch?
Interesting… I’m still using the CS5 beta. Are you using the release version? I’ve yet to install the release version as it’s on my todo list!! 
I’ll have to check this out and let you know what I find. Thanks for the feedback!
Yes, mine is the final release (v12.0), CS5 Extended. I am running the x64 version, wonder if that affects this trick?
You never know… It’s possible. I’ll have to install the final release and check it out myself. I’ll post back here with my results!
OK Scott, thanks! I’ll follow up then.
I’ve finally installed the release version of Adobe CS5 (standard edition) and using the Shift+Del key still works to bring up Content-Aware Fill on duplicate layers.
Thanks a lot! I was getting crazy trying to get content-aware fill with the Del key!
Glad it helped!!
I finally bring up the “content aware” options. A little circle appears and then the selected image disappears from the screen and only the background with the grid shows. What am I doing wrong? THANKS. Please help.
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