Scaling and masking of image content during digital image editing

In a digital medium environment for editing digital images, a method for modifying and scaling content within a digital image, comprising:

• identifying a cutout of a source image to be added to a destination image, the cutout of the source image comprising a face;
• detecting, by at least one processor, a plurality of faces within the destination image;
• displaying, by the at least one processor and within a graphical user interface of an image editing application, the cutout at a first position within the destination image, wherein displaying the cutout at the first position comprises scaling the cutout to correspond to a size of a first detected face of the plurality of detected faces based on a determination that the first detected face is the closest of the plurality of detected faces to the first position;
• detecting a user input comprising a selection and movement of the cutout within the destination image, the movement causing the face of the cutout to move away from the first position and toward a second position within the destination image;
• in response to detecting the movement of the cutout away from the first position and toward the second position, rescaling, by the at least one processor, the size of the cutout to correspond to a size of a second detected face of the plurality of detected faces based on a determination that the second detected face is the closest of the plurality of detected faces to the second position.

A computing device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to:
• identify source content to be added to a destination image, the source content comprising an identified object;
• identify, within the destination image, one or more protected regions of the destination image, the one or more protected regions of the destination image comprising a plurality of detected objects;
• display, within a graphical user interface of an image editing application, the source content at a first position within the destination image, wherein displaying the source content at the first position comprises:
• preventing the source content from interfering with the one or more protected regions of the destination image;
• determining that a first object of the plurality of detected objects is the closest of the plurality of detected objects to the first position;
• and
• scaling the source content to correspond to a size of the first object of the plurality of detected objects by sizing the source content based on a size of the first object and a relative position between the first object and the first position;
• and
• display, within the graphical user interface of the image editing application, the source content at a second position within the destination image, wherein displaying the source content at the second position comprises resealing the source content to correspond to a size of a second object of the plurality of detected objects based on a determination that the second object is associated with the second position.