Shrinking the middle
Posted: July 23rd, 2023, 12:22 pm
I have an image which is a crop from another. The crop was full width, but reduced vertically, so now long and narrow.
I now find the proportions awkward and the middle area (from top to bottom) less important than either end, so my wish was to shrink that middle section, horizontally, while keeping both ends as they were in the original. I did not want either end area to be disturbed.
To accomplish this, I resized the image so the height was the same but the width was reduced (that number was arbitrary). I then, over a few comps, blended the resized middle to the (unresized) left end, using a gradient mask, then did the same with the right side, which ultimately resulted in a less wider image, with only the middle section "squeezed", while the two ends remained in proportion. This image is/was of a waterfall where the middle, horizontally, was just blurred water, while the two ends contained rocks of substance, so the squeezing and blending was easier than had there been something more detailed in that area.
I wish to duplicate this for a few other images, but the process I used was fairly involved, so is there a better method to shrink the area in the middle of an image, while keeping the two ends unaffected?
Marv
I now find the proportions awkward and the middle area (from top to bottom) less important than either end, so my wish was to shrink that middle section, horizontally, while keeping both ends as they were in the original. I did not want either end area to be disturbed.
To accomplish this, I resized the image so the height was the same but the width was reduced (that number was arbitrary). I then, over a few comps, blended the resized middle to the (unresized) left end, using a gradient mask, then did the same with the right side, which ultimately resulted in a less wider image, with only the middle section "squeezed", while the two ends remained in proportion. This image is/was of a waterfall where the middle, horizontally, was just blurred water, while the two ends contained rocks of substance, so the squeezing and blending was easier than had there been something more detailed in that area.
I wish to duplicate this for a few other images, but the process I used was fairly involved, so is there a better method to shrink the area in the middle of an image, while keeping the two ends unaffected?
Marv