Seam carving is cool! And there are even better methods out there - for anyone interested, this is a great starting point: http://people.csail.mit.edu/mrub/pape

Seam carving is cool! And there are even better methods out there - for anyone interested, this is a great starting point: http://people.csail.mit.edu/mrub/papers/retBenchmark.pdf http://people.csail.mit.edu/mrub/papers/retBenchmark.pdf All of these methods have advantages, but it's pretty hard to out-weight the simplicity of cropping, especially if you're sensitive to bad results.