What is Digital Morphing and Its Techniques
Index 1.
What is Morphing?
2. Digital Morphing 3. Techniques of Digital Morphing
What is Morphing? Morphing is a special effect in animations that change
one image into another form using a seamless transition.
It is used to portray one person turning into another
through technological means or as part of a fantasy.
Traditionally such a depiction would be achieved
through cross-fading techniques in a movie.
Digital Morphing ď‚— In the early 1990s computer techniques often produced
more convincing results began to be used widely.
ď‚— These involved warping one image at the same time
that it faded into another by marking corresponding points and vectors on "before" and "after" images used in the morph.
ď‚— Example: One would morph one face into another by
key points marking on the first face, such as a shape of nose or location of an eye, and mark where these same points existed on the second face.
ď‚— The computer warps the first face to have the shape of
the second face at the same time that it faded the two faces.
Techniques of Digital Morphing ď‚— Digital Morphing programs can automatically morph
image that corresponds closely enough with instruction from the user.
ď‚— Digital Morphing technique used to create the
convincing slow-motion effects where none existed in real film or video footage by morphing between every frame using optical flow technology.
ď‚— Digital Morphing also appeared as a transition
technique between one scene and another in television shows, even if two images contents are completely unrelated.
ď‚— In this case, the algorithm attempts to find
corresponding points between the images and distort one into another as they crossfade.
ď‚— Digital Morphing is used heavily today whereas the
effect was initially a creation, morphing special effects are most often designed to be seamless and invisible to eye.
Use for morphing effects is modern digital font design.
Using morphing technology a designer can create an intermediate between two styles.
Example generating a semibold font by compromising
between a bold and regular style, or extend a trend to create an ultra-bold or ultra-light.
Font design studios commonly use the technique.
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