Here's an example of Content-Aware Scaling. First, here's the unaltered image:

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Here's the same image, but reduced vertically by one third. As you can see, the whole image is distorted, and the runner looks short and squat:

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Here's the same image reduced in height by one third using Content-Aware Scaling. The image is much less distorted, and the runner is correctly ptoportioned:

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