Maybe I’ll get a job in Uganda where they’re still using Photoshop 2 and drinkin’ Classic Coke. I hear a guy can clean-up there, especially with this technology. –hah!

My mom was right –I should have been a doctor.

Ah well.

Oh, sorry, I forgot. We’re already there.

At the moment, you can only do horizontal resizing, but I think the program looks quite promising and very interesting nevertheless. Works well for images where the important part has a good contrast compared to the less interesting regions.

Check it out and have fun!

http://hectorgo...-and-dirty.html

Except using stochastic path samples instead of graph cuts to find the minimum energy seams. It seems to work well on things like bushes and natural objects.

It doesn’t seem to work so well on stuff with structure like faces or buildings. Especially if they are solid colors, because the minimum energy paths like cutting through areas of solid colors.

Expect straight lines to become not so straight as you start reducing the image drastically. At least thats my experience playing around with the algorithm.

Adobe has hired one of the researchers responsible for an incredible image resizing technique….

I think the vast majority of people will use this technology responsibly, but I can foresee a small number of people jumping in over their heads and getting themselves in trouble. There have been several high profile cases of photographers being fired and essentially blacklisted for photo manipulation in the past several years, for reasons as obvious as modifying a photo of a war zone to exaggerate the level of destruction, but also for seemingly benign purposes like moving the relative position of the Great Pyramids to get them all to fit on a portrait cover.