Morpheus (morphing software)

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Morpheus Photo Animation Suite
Developer(s) Morpheus Development, LLC
Stable release
Windows: 3.17
Mac OS X: 3.17
Operating system Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X
Size 5 MB
Type Morphing
License Proprietary commercial software
Website www.morpheussoftware.net

Morpheus Photo Animation Suite is a suite of morphing and digital compositing computer software for Windows and Mac. The software suite contains Morpheus Photo Morpher, Morpheus Photo Warper and Morpheus Photo Mixer, although these three are also available individually.

Morphing

Morphing is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes one image or shape into another through a seamless transition. morphing means stretching or as part of a fantasy or surreal sequence. Traditionally such a depiction would be achieved through cross-fading techniques on film. Since the early 1990s, this has been replaced by computer software to create more realistic transitions.

Digital compositing

Digital compositing is the process of digitally assembling multiple images to make a final image, typically for print, motion pictures or screen display. It is the digital analogue of optical film compositing.

The latest version is 3.17 and comes in three different editions: Standard, Professional and Industrial. The new version is integrated with YouTube, PhotoBucket, and Morpheus Galleries. Galleries is a social network for posting and commenting on users' morphs, and it lets you upload further to Facebook, MySpace, Blogger, and other sites.


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