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Hi guys. I'm posting about stretching backgrounds on images. I've watched loads of tutorials which all basically teach the same thing but I can't get it to work properly. If I want to stretch a background, I can do it by using the rectangular marquee tool and content aware fill and after a few seconds it fills in the blank chequered canvas area I created. Then I use the spot healing brush to clean up any areas that don't look right.
But when trying to manually stretch, it stretches in all directions including distorting the image that of course I don't want stretched. I start with the crop tool and pull horizontally to however much area I want. I then select content aware scale and as I pull, instead of it stretching the background horizontally and leaving the subject alone, it's pulling in all directions like in my second screenshot. Where am I going wrong?
Content aware scale selected
Stretching it from the right side
But when trying to manually stretch, it stretches in all directions including distorting the image that of course I don't want stretched. I start with the crop tool and pull horizontally to however much area I want. I then select content aware scale and as I pull, instead of it stretching the background horizontally and leaving the subject alone, it's pulling in all directions like in my second screenshot. Where am I going wrong?
Content aware scale selected
Stretching it from the right side
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