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Instructions to Create a Morphing-Sequence
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Prerequisites:
- Installed Version of QuickSilver ReTouch 2.00.
- Installed Runtime Version of Video for Windows
(VfW) to view the created AVI-file.
(Obtainable through CompuServe "Go CIS:MSL" or
through InterNet "microsoft.com")
1) Start ReTouch and open the image files 'bmwl.jpg'
and 'bmwt.jpg' (via dialog |File|Open|).
2) Make sure that the Morphing module is visible
(checkmark in the menu entry |View|Morphing|).
3) With the checkboxes 'Source Image' and 'Destination
Image' you first select 'bmwl.jpg' with the mouse
as Source and then 'bmwt.jpg' as Destination of the
Morphing sequence.
4) Now with the Load button of the Control Points group
(right near 'Insert') you load the list of control
points 'bmw.con'. Control points consist as pairs of
point coordinates, which are projected from Source
to Destination image and hereby cause the contortion
of Morphing and Warping.
5) In the edit box 'Frames', you can set the number of
intermediate pictures (e.g. 7). Supplementary in the
'Morph Settings' (the button right near 'Frames'),
the checkboxes 'Apply Interpolation' and 'Apply Image
Filter' should be marked. Although this setting
significantly increases computation time, it visibly
enhances the morphing result.
6) In the ToolBox Window, select the image filter 'Enhance
Detail'. You can also select this type in the dialog
|Image|Filter| (You can abort the filter process or
erase the filtered image, it depends only on the active
filter.
7) To record the Morphing process, you mark the checkbox
'Rec' and choose an AVI file name in the appertaining
dialog.
- Now you can start the Morph sequence with a click on
the 'Morph' checkbox -
The calculation can take some time depending on the
computer equipment; in order to work further, the
calculation runs therefore in a window in the background.
8) After completion of the first sequence, you can now reverse
the time direction by choosing the image 'bmwt.jpg' as
Source Image and start the calculation again.
9) To view the completed video clip, the still open recording
file must be closed (with a second click on the 'Rec' field)!
- Thereafter you can run the Media Player and select
|Device|Video for Windows| in order to start the
'bmw.avi' clip.
(If you mark the radio button 'Auto Repeat' in the
|Edit|Options|, you can view [Play] a cyclical video).
- You can also playback the clip directly in ReTouch
(in dialog |File|Open| or with Drag&Drop from the
file manager).