Smart Scene Carving Resizes Images Without Distortion

If you haven't seen this yet, I think its going to be pretty cool for artist who can now modify images without distortion. Check out this smart image resizing algorithm first seen at the Special Interest Group: Graphics (SIGGRAPH) convention. This cool guy, Ariel Shamir of the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science in Herzliya, Israel (Shoutout to Herzliya. I've got a very good friend who lives in Herzliya name Mor Keret at SAP), wants to make just as dynamically resizable for images as it is for text on a web page by using a technique he calls "scene carving." I really thought the technique had a few interesting angles it could play.

1. It could make a convenient Photoshop-like application which is pretty cutting edge.

2. Its looks to be a smart way to stretch and re-size images. Could have limited commercial use.

3. One of the big players has to be interested in owning technology like this.

4. the ability to mask out a person or trademark might have a huge commercial impact on a photo. This could be a huge boon to consumer oriented services and software like Flickr, Photoshop Elements or content marketplace like Cutcaster.

5. This technology could be great for checking out webpages on small displays like PDAs or iPhones.

6. Could really benefit the advertising/web design world, which in some cases may view business over the art of the picture.

Keep an eye out for this technology and let me know if you hear any more good Photoshop applications that are popping up.