This movie shows how Photoshop can intelligently transform an image using content aware scaling. It protects masked areas, allowing you to change the shape of an image without distorting key parts.

Dr. (Russell) Brown demonstrates how to use his collection of costume images to accessorize a portrait photo. Learn how to add new layers and adjust the lighting for a realistic costumed portrait.

Video Highlights: Watch how to quickly resize a photo -- even go from landscape to portrait or vice versa -- by automatically cropping out areas within the photo, and without distorting key elements like people or buildings. Versions 9 and up.

The new Puppet Warp feature in Photoshop lets you easily and naturally move or warp elements in your image

Learn how to distort and dramatically alter the shape of text characters with these non-destructive techniques that leave your text completely editable.

Watch how Illustrator and After Effects can be used together to create organic animations using simple masks copied and pasted between the two applications. Also see how the Twirl tool in Illustrator can be used to distort paths and make it look as if “tendrils” are growing outward. This all comes together in After Effects by setting the first vertex and ensuring your blended masks don’t flip inside out.

This tutorial will show you how to create great looking type by applying Illustrator art brushes to your text. Learn how to keep your newly decorated text editable and how to prevent the art brushes from distorting along the text path.

The new Puppet Warp feature in Photoshop CS5 comes to the rescue. We explore all the options available when warping objects. All the spoons are broken, and in a strange sequence of events Mike magically bends a fork instead. Don’t forget you can follow @CS_TV on twitter to get all mikes latest updates.

Chet explains how scaling artifacts can sometimes distort the visuals when using the 3D capabilities of Flex and the Flash Player, and how you can avoid these problems.

Use a visual mesh that keeps key areas in place to perform everything from subtle image retouching to total transformations.