How to Use Curve
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If you are familiar with morphing technique, you may know its
kernel is: morph = deform the shape & cross-dissolve the feature. In earlier
versions, both the deformation and cross-dissolve were performed linearly. Now with
the new controls Feature Curve and Shape Curve, you can freely control the morph
process of feature and shape. Choose the Sequence/Feature Curve menu to open
the Feature Curve window, or Sequence/Shape Curve menu to open the Shape
Curve window.
Edit Curve
The curve is specified by a
sequence of control points and smoothly passes through each point in the
sequence.
There are at least two control points on a curve. The red cross on the curve
marks the position of each frame.
- Add Point: Click anywhere in the working area (
) to
add one control point.
- Move Point: Drag and drop a control point to move it.
- Delete Point: Right-click a control point to delete it.
- Reset: Click the Reset button (
)
to clear the current settings and back to the original status.
- Linear: Make the Linear option (
)
checked will result in a line strip.
- Set for All Sequences: Make the Set for All Sequences (
)
checked will apply this curve to all the sequences of the current project.
Curve Library
- Load Curve: Load a curve in the curve library (
)
by double-clicking, then it will be displayed in the working area immediately.
- Save Curve: Click the Save button (
),
the current curve in the working area will be saved to the bottom of the curve
library.
- Delete Curve: Select a curve in the curve library,
then press Del key to delete it.
Remarks
- You can launch Feature Curve as well as Shape Curve window at the same time.
- You can edit the curve while the morph movie is playing in real time, which means
you will immediately see the effects on your final morph.
- In FantaMorph Deluxe, you can also use this window to set different curves for camera pan/zoom/rotate.
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