We have all done it on occassion. Caught up in a creative moment, we compose our shot in the viewfinder and fill the frame. Our client absolutely loves the picture and wants an 8×10 print for a special frame they already have. Taking the picture into our image editing software, we crop to an 8×10 only to discover this action clips off some of the important subject matter of this beautifully composed image. Now What?

There are a variety of time consuming solutions to fix this problem. Or we can jump right into Photoshop CS4 to use the new “Content-Aware Scale” feature. As you can see in the sample pictures below, the first picture is the original. Next is the cropped image that clips off some of the mirror frame. The last picture took just a few minutes to modify using the Content-Aware Scale feature, which enabled me to include all the important content within an 8×10. No doubt there will be some instances where this Photoshop feature will not solve the problem, but it is worth a try. Feel free to contact me if you would like a personal tutorial on this technique.

Saving content to an 8x10

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Dale Kincaid