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398 The Photo Tools

Here is an example photo of the famous
Torii Gate in Japan. Clearly the gate itself is
the main subject of this picture.

Here the photo has
been stretched using
the normal stretching
method of the
SELECTOR TOOL.
Even with this
moderate stretching
it's obvious the
proportions of the
gate have been
badly distorted.

Stretching using Content Aware Scaling. It still looks perfectly natural. The gate proportions are
intact, even at this extreme stretch, which is twice as wide as the original. The stretched
coastline remains looking natural.
Preparing Your Photo

The content aware scaling feature is part of the PHOTO TOOLS.

Select your photo and from the Photo Tool fly-out bar. Select the CONTENT
AWARE SCALING BUTTON. The right end of the InfoBar will now show a set of
buttons.