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Resizing and Transforming > Content-Aware Scale Selected Area and Layer
Content-Aware Scale Selected Area and Layer
Before
After Content-Aware Scaling
After Scaling
Content-Aware Scaling is also called smart scaling. It resizes the image without changing the objects such as building
or people. The pictures above show the difference between scaling and content-aware scaling.
Select the layer or area you want to scale.1.
Click and select the Content-Aware Scale tool from the toolbar (group of Transform tools to the left of the
Text tool ) or use the Edit > Transform > Content-Aware Scale menu item.
2.
Click on the image and the scale marquee with handles in each of the four corners of the bounding rectangle is
displayed.
3.
You can click on one of the bounding box corners and drag it to change the size of the marquee or you can
change the bounding rectangle in the following ways:
To change the rectangle:
You can drag the handle in the four corners.
To change the width of the rectangle:
Hold the Ctrl key down when dragging the handle.
To change the height of the rectangle:
Hold the Alt key down when dragging the handle.
To change with the right aspect ratio:
Hold the Ctrl + Alt keys down when dragging the handle.
4.
If desired, you can enter the size or percent.5.
If you want to change the canvas size to fit the layer, check off Change canvas size to fit.6.
There is no preview ability with this release.7.
The Interpolation method selected in the File > Preference > Image Editor tab dialog is used to determine the
colors of scaled pixels.
8.
When ready, press to scale, or you can click on the image with the Shift key down to perform the scaling
function. To start over, press to remove the scale marquee and click on the image again to start over.
9.
If the scaled layer is larger than the canvas, the part of the image outside the canvas borders will not be
displayed. To change the canvas size, you can use Image > Fit Canvas to Layers to do it.
10.