Content Aware Scale transform issue on Photoshop 2017 Macbook Pro 13 inches

You must make a special kind of mask that protects part of the image from distortion.

The instructions below are the steps to be applied when the image is to be made wider, but contains specific elements – Amy and her dog --  that should not be altered during this process.

1. Open a file.

2. (Optional) Create a duplicate layer by pressing Cmd+J

*3.  Change the Canvas dimensions to the new, larger size: Image > Canvas Size.

4. Go to the Channels panel. Add an Alpha 1 channel by clicking on the symbol at the bottom of the panel, to the left of the Trash. The image will become solid black.

5. Still in the Channels panel, click on the eye at the left of the RGB channel. The image will be revealed with a red overlay. Note that the Alpha 1 channel is still highlighted.

6. With the Foreground Color set to white, use the Brush tool to clear away the area of red that is covering that part of the image that you want to protect from distortion, such as a person or animal. (You may paint more than one object, if necessary.)

7. Click on the area adjacent to RGB in the Channels Panel. Click the eye off adjacent to Alpha 1.

8.  Return to the Layers panel and, using the Rectangular Marquee tool, draw a selection around the image. Do not include the enlarged canvas area.

9. Go to Edit > Content-Aware Scale. In the Options Bar, adjacent to the word Protect: choose Alpha 1 from the drop-down menu.

10. Use the handles in the middle of the marching ants frame sides to pull the image and fill the canvas area.

11. In the Options Bar, click the Commit symbol (the check mark) to confirm the change and then choose Select > Deselect to remove the marching ants.

*If the image is to be made shorter or narrower, as the sample below, skip Step 3.

Hi Niña,

That does not sound good, let's make it right.

Could you please try updating Photoshop to version 20.0.6 via the Creative Cloud desktop application and let us know if it helps?

Regards,
Sahil