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Halloween Face Morph in Paint Shop Pro and Animation Shop

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Halloween Face Morph - Editing Control Points

Editing Control Points
Hover your pointer any place where 2 of the guidelines intersect. A square dot will appear to indicate an active Control Point. When a Control Point is selected in one frame, the dot also appears in the other frame. This is to help visually match control points from one frame to the other.

Edit the Control Points by dragging a Point to a new location. Selecting the Reset button will return Points to default setting.

You can also select OK at any time to preview the morphing effect in action and then return to this dialog by clicking Customize again and continue moving Control Points.

Where exactly to place the control points will be up to you, but you can refer to the above image as a guide. The transition we're trying for today is to create the effect of the text twisting and blurring into a cloud shape that frames a central 'hole' where the face can appear from 'no where'.

For the Start frame (the text message), edit the Control Points to create a twist by moving all the points in outer row toward the nearest corner (clockwise). Refer to the above image to see how the outer row of guidelines are all angled toward a corner.

For the End frame (the face), edit the Control Points to frame the spooky face by moving the inner row of Control Points outwards a bit to frame the face.

Select OK to exit morph transition and OK again to exit image transition dialog.

Your filmstrip should now have 20 frames total.

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