dog on bench

[Melbonar]

I am working on this new image and I can't figure out whats going on with the straightening and fill. It's not completely filling and leaving these little dotted lines. I am using the ruler to straighten and then selecting the blank areas and auto filling them. I really don't want to go around the entire image with the clone stamp if i don't have to just to cover the dots.

[Damien Symonds]

It's because you're doing it on a duplicated layer.  Don't do that.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/01/straightening-horizons.html

[Melbonar]

thank you. Can't believe i missed that .

[Melbonar]

Ok, I tried it exactly like the directions. still getting same results. The image is rotating and straightening just fine.   I am using the magic wand tool to select the area needing to be filled. Then I use content aware fill and it does a great job except for the dotted line where the original image is.

[Damien Symonds]

Screenshot please.

After using the magic wand you'll need to go to Select>Modify>Expand to enlarge the selection by a few pixels.

[Melbonar]

[Damien Symonds]

Yeah, gotta do the Expand thing.

[Melbonar]

Do you have a link to walk me through? I am not exactly sure what you mean.

[Damien Symonds]

20 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

After using the magic wand you'll need to go to Select>Modify>Expand to enlarge the selection by a few pixels.

There's nothing else to explain.  Just do this.  Before Content Aware.

[Melbonar]

Figured out your steps  with enlarging selection, but Still the same results with stupid dotted line .

[Damien Symonds]

Have you zoomed in to 100% to make sure it's not just a trick of your screen?

[Melbonar]

I tried a few more times, increased the selection by even more and that helped. Thanks for helping!