
If "morphologic transformation" isn't easy to say, it sure it
easy to do with Morph Man '95. This clever image-transformer provides simple static-morph
functions. This lets you easily create a series of images that transition from one to the
next, smoothly changing -- until your "source" image has morphed, and becomes
your "target" image.
All you do is select two images, a before (source) and after (target). You can draw
corresponding points in both pictures, and Morph Man '95 ensures that every selected point
or line in the source image will be transformed to its selected counterpart in the target
image (if you select nothing, the program "guesses" for you when you're ready to
start the morph function) You can select how many frames to produce (the more frames used
will result in smooother transition, but it'll take longer to create). Then, just click
Go, and you're off. The resulting morph sequences can be saved as individual picture files
(in JPEG, TIFF, TARGA, PCX, GIF or BMP format), or save the whole morph sequence as an AVI
(animated movie) file.
This program's interface is almost self-explanatory, even if you know nothing about
graphics or graphics tools -- but the resident Help file is quite helpful, and you'll have
a blast experimenting.
Morph Man '95 is the scaled-down freeware version of the more fully featured shareware
tool , Morph Man 2, which features dynamic morphing, with sound and video editing, plus
video capture. The shareware version is reviewed separately here.
Morph Man '95 is not currently supported at the product web site, but it's trouble free
and creates fun, simple morphs. If you're interested in more morphing and video features,
you'll have to morph on up to Morph Man 2.