Video-to-video morphing in Morph Man 3.0

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Video-to-video morphing in Morph Man 4.0

What is video-to-video morphing

The output of Morph Man is always a video sequence, but the input can be either still pictures, or videos. Morphing where the original material are video clips is called video-to-video morphing

When you load videos as Source and Target and place transition markers as you do with still images in MorphMan 2000 on first and last pairs of clip frames, Morph Man 4.0 then automatically places markers in the intermediate position on all other pairs of frames thus defining a sequence of multiple morphs between successive frames of original clips. You can browse along the project using Sequence Browser window and commands from Sequence menu to manually adjust position of control markers on intermediate frames as necessary. Once markers are put at their places Morph Man will calculate multiple morphing transitions between corresponding frames and generate output movie by taking a single intermediate morph from each pair along the sequence.

Sequence Browser window of Morph Man 3.0

More details and practical advises can be found in program Help and on Morph Man lessons pages on this site.
Note that there is a very informative animated tutorial dedicated to video-to-video morphing in Morph Man 4.0 - run menu Help-Tutorial command. Tutor will guide you through all steps of creating a project, and program will actually DO what tutor demonstrates.

When do you need video-to-video morphing

When you stitch two video clips in video editing program such as Video Man 3.0 supplied with Morph Man 4.0 and need really smooth transition. Take two short sequences of frames from the end of first clip and from the beginning of the second clip. Create a morphing transition clip between them in Morph Man 4.0. Then place original clips on one video track in Video Man 3.0, and the morphing transition clip - on another track. Compare the results obtained with morphing transition and with standard method (fading).

Stitching clips and morphing transition in Video Man 3.0

morphing transition sample (Windows media)

standard transition sample (Windows media)

Clip with morphing transition was created with Morph Man 3.0, final movies with transitions were composed in Video Man 3.0 and stored as Windows Media video files. You will need Windows Media Player to play the samples.

When you create a special video effect with transformation of one moving object to another, like one shown in the Black Or White video clip by Michael Jackson, where the faces of different people change one into another and in numerous TV commercials

Morph Man 4.0 comes with full-feature video editor

Morph Man 4.0 comes bundled with the full-featured video editor Video Man 3.0 complete with multitrack video and audio composition functions, dynamic effects, transitions, titling, color keying, and capture module which allows for direct import of clips from DV cameras and other video capture hardware. This makes Morph Man 4.0 a complete morphing and video editing package with all necessary tools to capture and prepare original clips, generate morphing transition, and incorporate it into the output movie.