Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Two:
Go under the Edit menu and choose
Content-Aware Scale
(or press
Com-
mand-Option-Shift-C [PC: Ctrl-Alt-
Shift-C]
). Grab the top handle, drag
straight upward, and notice that it
stretches the sky upward, but pretty
much leaves the jet intact. When you've
dragged far enough, press
Return (PC:
Enter)
to lock in your change. (
Note:
The button that looks like a person in
the Options Bar tells Content-Aware
Scale that there are people in the photo,
so it tries to avoid stretching anything
with a skin tone.)
Step Three:
There are two more controls you need
to know about: First, if you try Content-
Aware Scale and it stretches your subject
more than you want, get the Lasso tool
(L)
and draw a selection around your subject
(as shown here), then go under the Select
menu and choose
Save Selection
. When
the Save Selection dialog appears, just
click OK. Then bring up Content-Aware
Scale again, but this time, go up in the
Options Bar and choose your selection
from the Protect pop-up menu (as shown
here) to tell Photoshop where your subject
is. Now you can drag up or down to
fill the empty space with the least pos-
sible stretching.
(Continued)
