Content Aware with Magic Wand¿

I used to fill in gaps of missing Panos with content aware in CS5 using the magic wand and fill - content aware. In CS6 it fills it in with the foreground color. The only way I can get the content aware to work is if I make the selection with the lasso tool. The quick Sslection tool will not even select the area without pixels. Anyone else had this issue¿

Thank you for the reply. Yes I selected the content aware option in the drop down; I have been using the content aware to fill in gaps in panos for a long time now. The issue is in the CS6 Beta when I use the magic wand to select the empty pixels, and there are a lot in places, it will only fill it with a solid color. Also the quick select tool will not even select empty pixels. The pano I have isn't that large, 35090 px by 3490 px, not near the type of panos Ben Willmore does for example. I just wondered if anyone else has this issue and if so is there a fix.

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