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Posted on 11/12/08 8:20:27 PM |
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michael sinclair
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The Content Aware Scale feature in CS4
I love this new feature which intuitively seems to be aware of scaling people's proportions correctly when using this feature. What follows are three different sets of images: first the original, second the one that has had conventional "squashing", and third, the one that has had "Content Aware Scale" applied to the squashed image. In the last image of each set you'll notice that the tell-tale elongated stretched picture is absent. Don't forget to click on each image for more detail: 
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Posted on 12/12/08 00:16:06 AM |
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Lexus
Persistent Pixellator Posts: 623 Reply  |
Re: The Content Aware Scale feature in CS4
Wow I was unaware of this! Definately a cool feature. The end of disgustingly squashed images? _________________ Zatańczmy tak jak jeszcze nikt! |
Posted on 12/12/08 00:16:43 AM |
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Paul 2007 thru 2010
Lego Legend Posts: 361 Reply |
Re: The Content Aware Scale feature in CS4
It's not half as good as I'd hoped. It's nothing like the demo video from the company who originally came up with the idea. It can easily leave patterns in the image when enlarging and on complicated images things get cut off or are misaligned. I know it can't work miracles and it does do a good job within it's limitations. Despite wishing for this feature for 18 months I hardly ever use it. |
Posted on 12/12/08 07:10:24 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: The Content Aware Scale feature in CS4
Actually, there's a lot more to this feature than you might think at first glance. It works particularly well on cutout objects, and this is something I go into in How to Cheat in Photoshop CS4 which seems to have been largely overlooked. Take a cutout of, say, a lamppost. You'll find you can stretch it or compress it vertically as much as you like without it distorting: only the relatively featureless pole will be affected. Or try it sideways on a gun or rifle, and only the barrel will extend. Paul, if you're getting ugly artefacts or objects being compressed that shouldn't be, try defining an area (quickmask is good for this) and saving it as a selection channel. You can tell CAS not to touch this area when scaling. Works very well. This really is a feature that deserves further experimentation! |