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Colin Smith shows you how to scale an image while preserving the size and shape of important details. He also shows you how to use channels to preserve specific parts of the photo.

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Photoshop CS4 Content Aware Scale Deeper look Photoshop CS4 Content Aware Scale Deeper look Colin Smith shows you how to scale an image while preserving the size and shape of important details. He also shows you how to use channels to preserve specific parts of the photo. Runtime: 00:05:56 Added: February 06, 2009 Views: 4,311	00:05:56
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