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New in Photoshop CS4 is a function that allows intelligent scaling of images. This means that photos can be stretched out without distorting people, for example.

This is how Photoshop really elongates photos.
This is how Photoshop really elongates photos.

With content-preserving scaling from Adobe Photoshop can be pictures scale quickly and effectively. Protected content is not distorted, but rather elongated. Good results can now be achieved with just a few steps.

Step-by-step instructions for stretching photos

  1. The image to be edited must be opened in Photoshop.
  2. You have to switch to masking mode. To do this, select the "Selection" tab at the top of the menu and then "Edit in masking mode".
  3. In mask mode, tools such as a brush or eraser can be used to make a selection. It is indicated by a semi-transparent red.
  4. Now the content of the photos that must not be distorted (people, faces, etc.).
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  5. Then the mask mode is switched back to normal mode (see step 2)
  6. A certain part of the photo is now marked. This selection must be inverted. To do this, click on the "Selection" tab in the menu and then "Invert selection".
  7. To save the selection as a channel, select the "Window" tab in the menu, then "Channels" and then the mask symbol in the channels palette.
  8. The selection is canceled with "Select" and "Deselect".
  9. Now, under the "Edit" tab, select "Content-preserving scaling".
  10. Before the photo can be stretched, the previously created channel (Alpha 1) must be selected in the menu under "Preserve".
  11. Finally, it can be scaled without distorting people or the like.

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