Sometimes the technology delivers certain things, which are beyond our imagination. Morphing is one such amazing technology. Morphing is mainly used for editing purposes in the film industry. With the help of this technology, we can combine two pictures to get a new one through continuous transition. In the early 1990, the technique was taken over by the software industry. Then it became more smooth, easy and of course realistic. Willow, the movie was the first experiment which used the detailed morphing effects. If we closely examine the history of morphing, we can understand the important factors.
The cross fade technology was the earliest morphing technique. The camera will slowly move away from one object to another to make a smooth transition. After the cross fade era, a new technique was evolved. It was dissolving technique, in which the image will disappear slowly to appear another one. After the computer era, technology became more digitalized and also advanced. Now it is very smooth to handle with the skill. A lot of software applications are available for detecting facial characters. The morphing technology is universal, and it uses artificial intelligence. The biometric identification is a technique which is being used in this.
The facial character detection is the key factor of the morphing technology. Now it is very easy and does not demand human interactions. For doing the morphing effectively, special algorithms are used. The reference points like the shape of the eye, the tip of the nose etc are needed. The facial reference points will be marked using the original picture. Then the points will be joined by reference lines. Finally, you will get an outline of the picture. Like this, on the second image also, such points are marked. Using these reference points of the two pictures, the common points will be marked. At last, you will get a new face that includes the common facial characters of the two pictures.
Morphing is now commonly used for many purposes. The technology is very helpful for crime detection. The photographs of the criminals can be created with this. To find out missing persons, the morphs can be used. Like this, in advertising and media industry, to make certain images the technology is helpful. In film editing, mostly for creating special effects in horror pictures, we can depend upon it. This is not the end. The technology is very useful for scientists to create the ancient structures of human and other creatures, from the basic data. Thus, in many fields, we can take benefits from this wonderful technique.
Now another new method is developed, and it is called baby face generating technology. With the help of the pictures of the parents, we can create a picture of the expected child. How improved the technology is! In this method also, the facial character detection is very important. The baby face generating tools are available and this service is provided by certain sites. The advanced FBI grade technologies are used for detecting facial characters.
However, sometimes, these technologies are being used for malpractices too. However, it should be avoided strictly. Remember, modern technologies aim the human development, so do not spoil them by any means.