  Image retargeting is a new image processing task that renders the change of
aspect ratio in images. One of the most famous image-retargeting algorithms is
seam-carving. Although seam-carving is fast and straightforward, it usually
distorts the images. In this paper, we introduce a new seam-carving algorithm
that not only has the simplicity of the original seam-carving but also lacks
the usual unwanted distortion existed in the original method. The positional
distribution of seams is introduced. We show that the proposed method
outperforms the original seam-carving in terms of retargeted image quality
assessment and seam coagulation measures.
