Pulling or stretching a selection to a new size?

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Thanos
May 9, 2004
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How can I select an area of a photo and then stretch that area to a new size. For example; select a nose and pull the end of it out to a new longer shape without too much distortion?
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dave_milbut
May 9, 2004
crtl-t = free transform
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dave_milbut
May 9, 2004
hold down the shift key when stretching to maintain aspect ratio.
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Nick_Decker
May 9, 2004
Or, Thanos, what you may be looking for is Select>Transform Selection. Depends on whether you’re trying to transform just the selection or the pixels themselves within the selection.
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dave_milbut
May 9, 2004
kee-rect. thanks nick!
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DS_Nelson
May 10, 2004
From your example (re-shaping a nose), you might also want to try one of the liquify filters.

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