Corel PHOTO-PAINT Help | Scale images by using Smart Carver

Scale images by using Smart Carver

Smart Carver lets you make an image narrower, wider, shorter, or longer without distorting the content. By automatically detecting and removing image areas that have little structural detail, or by inserting background pixels, this feature lets you change the aspect ratio without noticeably changing the image. You can also specify which image areas are to be preserved or removed, regardless of their level of detail.

Smart Carver lets you selectively remove or protect areas when you scale an image.

You can also scale an image by using the Resample feature. For more information, see Image dimensions and resolution.

To scale an image by using Smart Carver

1 Choose Image

Smart Carver.

2 In the Smart carving area, perform one or more tasks from the following table, and click OK.

The preview window displays the results of your actions.

To	Do the following
Set the image width, in pixels	Specify a value in the Width box. The minimum width is 10% of the width of the original image. The maximum width is double the width of the original image.
Set the image height, in pixels	Specify a value in the Height box. The minimum height is 10% of the height of the original image. The maximum height is double the height of the original image.
Reduce the image width in small increments	Click the Contract the image horizontally button until the image is the desired width.
Reduce the image height in small increments	Click the Contract the image vertically button until the image is the desired height.
Increase the image width in small increments	Click the Expand the image horizontally button until the image is the desired width.
Increase the image height in small increments	Click the Expand the image vertically button until the image is the desired height.

You can also save the current settings in the Smart carver dialog box by clicking the Save preset button , and specifying a name in the Setting name box.

To remove an area as you scale an image

1 Choose Image

Smart carver.

2 In the Object removal area, click the Remove button

, and specify the brush size in the Nib size box.

3 In the preview window, paint over the image areas that you want to remove.

A red overlay appears over the selected areas.

4 Click the Auto-contract horizontally

or the Auto-contract vertically

button to scale the image and simultaneously remove the area covered by the red overlay.

5 Click the Background fusion button to smooth over the region where the area was cut out and the remaining parts merged.

You can also
Protect an image area	Click the Preserve button , and paint over the image area that you want to protect. A green overlay appears over the selected area.
Adjust the area to be protected or removed by deleting parts of the selection overlay	Click the Eraser button , and drag over those parts of the selection overlay that you want to delete.
Hide the selection overlay in the preview window	Enable the Hide mask check box.
Discard changes to the image and start all over	Click Reset.
Undo the last brush stroke or eraser stroke	Click the Undo button .
Reverse the last Undo operation	Click the Redo button .
Zoom in or out	Click the Zoom in or Zoom out buttons, and click in the preview window.
View an area that falls outside the preview window	Click the Pan button , and drag in the preview window.
Display an image at its actual size	Click the Zoom to 100% button .
Fit an image in the preview window	Click the Zoom to fit button .