morph

n.
An allomorph.

[From MORPHEME.]

morph² (môrf)
n.
One of various distinct forms of an organism or species.

[From Greek morphē, form, shape.]

morph³ (môrf)

v., morphed, morph·ing, morphs.

v.tr.
To transform (an image) by computer: cinematic special effects that morphed the villain into a snake.

v.intr.
To be transformed: "Yesterday's filmstrip has morphed into today's school computer" (Clifford Stoll).

[Shortening of METAMORPHOSE.]

The gradual transforming of one image into another. Although the conversion may only take a second, all the interim stages are visible. Common morphing sequences are changing an inanimate object into an animal, such as from a car to a tiger. Morphing is also done with similar objects; for example, transforming one car model into another. The term comes from metamorphosis, which means a profound change.

Mark the Prominent Points

Morphing software works by marking the prominent points around the edges, tips and corners of the objects in the before and after images. The points are used to mathematically compute the in-between stages from one object to the other. See tweening.

Plotting the Points

The prominent points of both the before and after images are marked in Gryphon's Morph software, which computes all the in-between stages. (Image courtesy of Gryphon Software Corporation.)

A Morphing Sequence

This morphing was performed by Andover's VideoCraft program. The start, end and three in- between stages were captured for this example. (Images courtesy of Andover Advanced Technologies.)

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: cause to change shape in a computer animation

Meaning #2: change shape, as via computer animation

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - allomorf

2.
n. - morf

3.
v. tr. - morph (edb), omdanne
n. - morphing (edb), omdannelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
morfeem, variant, van vorm veranderen

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Phon) morphème

2.
n. - morphe

3.
v. tr. - (Comput) transformer progressivement une image
n. - (Comput, Cin) morphing

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Morphem

2.
n. - Morphem

3.
v. - (Comp) eine Image umformen oder verändern
n. - Morphem

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μορφίνη, μόρφωμα

Italiano (Italian)
forma, morfema

Português (Portuguese)
n. - alomorfe (m) (Gram.)

Русский (Russian)
форма (в сложных словах)

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - morfema, alomorfo

2.
n. - morfo

3.
v. tr. - retocar una imagen en computadora
n. - imagen retocada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - morf

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
变形

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 變形

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 다른 형태

2.
n. - 여러 형태를 가진 종류 중의 하나

3.
v. tr. - 변형하다
n. - 변형

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 形態, 異形態, 変異型, モーフ, モルヒネ, ふたなり

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بادئه معناها شكل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אלומורף - אופן ביטוי של צורן (מורפמה)‬
n. - ‮צורה של בעל-חיים הקיים במספר צורות‬
v. tr. - ‮שינה תמונה לאחרת בשלבים (מחשב)‬
n. - ‮תמונה ששונתה בשלבים לאחרת (מחשב)‬

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bolle morph	morph nator
cross morph	cross cross morph pens