morph transition

[Jeff Carpenter]

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/review_chv_morph_.html

It’s $59 but that’s probably worth it from the looks of it. I’ve never used it but it looks promising.

[Andy Mees]

not the most overused … that crown surely has to go to the dissolve. i can’t count how many times i’ve seen dissolves where there was just no need, crappy editing.
and close behind the dissolve comes, time-remapping … how boring is that getting?

but yes, I’ll give the morph transition third place in the “most overused” race, and what a close race it was

… Re:Vision Effects have a morph tool too.

[Colin Mcquillan]

I took a look at that one,, they have little mov’s on CHV’s web site showing the effect work,, wasn’t overly impressed with it,, the morph effect doesnt “morph” the entire image,, while you watch, most of the image ‘morphs’ from one clip to the next,, but some of it seems to just cross-dissolve, kinda ruins the effect seeing the slight cross-dissolve. perhaps it works better in some instances than others? anyone had great success with this one?

**in the effects defence I havent tried the demo of it for myself on my own footage,, just going on what I saw in the example movie from their sire.

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver BC

[Bob Cole]

[Andy Mees] “not the most overused … that crown surely has to go to the dissolve.”

Very funny. And of course you are right.

But let’s not be ungrateful to the greatest gift to editors since sprocketed film. For many an under-budgeted project, dissolves can be the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down.

And while they are sort of cheesy-looking, morphs can be very appropriate in certain cases, like home improvement shows about people transforming their ugly kitchens into showplaces. (I’m curious: Has anybody ever seen a morph in a “real” movie?)

Thanks for all the leads. I’ll check them out, while hoping I won’t have to morph very much.

— BC

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bob Cole] “(I’m curious: Has anybody ever seen a morph in a “real” movie?) “

Yes, actually it happens a lot in monster/horror flicks. From Dusk Til Dawn comes to mind. Back when morphing was first popular (I think made famous by Michael Jackson’s, Black or White Video) there was a Stephen King movie that used it called Sleepwalkers. Awful flick, scary morph.