With the advancement of technology, special effects technology has gradually developed a unique style in the application of film and animation.As one of the special effects techniques, morphing can enable a seamless conversion of one image or image to another. The use of this technology will make the audience feel visually shocked.
The initial application of deformation technology can be traced back to the 1990s, when many digital deformation implementations had shown its potential.
Before the advent of digital deformation technology, many image transformation techniques had gradually formed.For example, from the end of the 16th century, Tabula scalata technology separated two pictures and used the curved surfaces to see different pictures when viewed from a specific angle.
As time goes on, French film performers used metal images in 1790 to transform the face of young women into witches through joint changes.The 19th-century magic lamp comedy also shows similar image conversions, and what the audience sees is no longer a single position.
In the field of animation, the deformation effect was used long before the movie was born. Joseph Plateau's image device shows the scene of a female head transforming into a witch.
After entering the digital age, computer technology has been continuously improving, so that the deformation effect can be presented more realistically.By marking the corresponding points on the image, the calculations are used to deform and fade the two images.Beier and Neely's algorithms are effective tools for this kind of image conversion.
As early as 1986, Omnibus created an animated advertisement showing a bottle of Tide laundry that smoothly transforms into American shapes.In addition, the special effects technology of the movie "Flight of the Navigator" also uses digital deformation, allowing the audience to see the shape changes of the spacecraft.
Just in 1991, Michael Jackson's music video "Black or White" and the movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" highlighted the use of digital deformation technology.
With the popularity of digital deformation technology, many filmmakers and music video directors have gradually adopted this technology.Many software such as Elastic Reality and After Effects support the implementation of deformation effects and improve the naturalness and smoothness of the effects.
At present, deformation technology is also applied in font design. Designers can use deformation to generate a balance between different font styles, making the font changes more abundant.With the advancement of technology, deformation effect is no longer a novel technology, but an indispensable part of design works.
Have you ever thought about what kind of visual experience will future deformation technology bring?