I was recently introduced to a resource that would have literally saved hundreds of hours photoshopping photographs back in the day.  The following is a website that will resize your images without scaling or cropping you images: http://www.rsizr.com

Through a process called seam carving explained in the following video, this handy tool will stretch or compress your photos while preserving and/or removing a target.  Watch the following video for a more detailed explanation.

It was so intriguing I had to try it out for myself. Here’s all you have to do:

Open a photo,

Preserve your target,

Retarget using seam carving, 

Original image:

Final Image: 

For a more detailed tutorial, visit:  http://help.rsizr.com/retargeting.html