Animated Photo Morphs by Me

[Ladon]

Okay, I screwed around for a couple hours making morphs of Harmony.  You see, I have a good imagination, but I can't form clear images in my mind like many people can, so fantasies are rather bland.  Anyway, I decided to make some animations that sparked my imagination.  I posted one in the animated GIF thread yesterday, but decided this might be a better place if I am going to keep making them.  I'd love to have some feedback and even requests, if anyone is interested.

This one is (c) Ladon 2010

[Ladon]

And another, this one of Chloe.  I'm looking through my catalog of images for another good one to morph, should have another soon

[Ladon]

I did a couple more from my library, though I didn't feel I could go as huge with these two.  Due to the way I make these currently, I don't have a way to move bras or clothing out of the way, so either I morph the clothing, which requires the right kind, or bare breasts.  Of course, then there are girls with their hair cascading over their chests, awkward positions, and other distractions.  Anyway, here's what I have today.

This one only had the title "lonesome" to identify it, but she's sure cute.

[Ladon]

Gabrielle, if the filename is correct.  There was a glitch under her right arm, but I may go back and fix that eventually.

[rtpoe]

AMAZING!

[Ladon]

Thanks.   I'd love to learn to do similar with motion video, but that's a bit out of my reach at the moment.

[Shara]

I like the fluidity of the animation, is that photoshop or a different program?

[Q_BE]

I like the fluidity of the animation, is that photoshop or a different program?

The images look quite similar to a number of animated morphs by the legend Max Cleavage. I'm beginning to wonder if Ladon isn't using the same or similar software. The only real difference between Ladon's morphs and Max's are that Max made video animations, probably to preserve picture quality (given the onerous color limitations on a comparably-sized GIF file).

Q-"Awesome!"-BE

EDIT: As an aside, I want to note that Max's vids were so good, I thought they were real for about six months until I finally figured out they were merely morphs, not actual video footage.

[Ladon]

I'll have to look into Max's vids, never heard of him.  The effect I'm using is part Photoshop, part Animation Shop.  It could probably be done with any good morphing software, though.  It's actually kind of complicated to get the frames out of PS in sequence, haven't found a good way to do it other than screenshot. lol  I'm using the Liquify tool in part, so I doubt if we're using the same process, since liquify hasn't been around for too many versions.  I'm working on a good way to simulate the look of a nice jiggle/bounce.

I have the full res master files, might consider uploading a few short files somewhere, just wasn't sure if there was any interest.  

I thought the effect was cool though.  I've also got the full Creative Suite, so I might have the tools for a start on video, not sure about that though.

EDIT - I Googled around for a few, it looks like there's a bra manufacturer using the name Max Cleavage, so I'm not finding anything useful.  I'd love a pointer in the right direction.

[Ladon]

I fooled around with After Effects a bit.  While it's reasonably easy to do the same thing I've been doing in PS, it most certainly isn't easy to do with a movie clip.  That may be because I have very little experience, but it might also be that I can't seem to find a clip that will work well.  For instance, the videos from PF/PG are nearly all shot without a tripod, and the camera is moving all over the place.  I'm not sure how to do a 3D distortion yet, but I may goof around with it some more.

These are fun, a little rewarding, and quick.  Spending hours getting the masks right on moving video, only to realize it won't work very well...just frustrating. lol

I did figure out how to stabilize the clip, but since the most reliable tracking points were her nipples, and the perspective kept changing, the final result was less than stellar.  I wonder if there's a way to track an edge, like the magnetic lasso in PS, that would make masking out the background quicker and more reliable.

[RandomX]

HOT DAMN Ladon! They're all great but that first one is unbelievably hot!

[Q_BE]

HOT DAMN Ladon! They're all great but that first one is unbelievably hot!

I take it that you wish you could do that to yourself?

Q-"HOT DAMN!"-BE

[Ladon]

That was a great pose and a great example of exactly the right kind of clothes for the job.  Thanks RX   I'm thinking of doing some more 'overall' morphs, I know some of us would be just as happy with a BBW morph, with bust, belly and butt expansion if I could manage it.  I think of all of them, I like the first two the best.

I've been screwing with After Effects all day.  Got my homework done though, I had to post a youtube movie...so I spent four hours making a clip of me playing with electricity, had to motion track my fingers and comp in an arc between them

[Djoser]

wow some are lovely...you've been busy lately, eh Ladon?

[RandomX]

I take it that you wish you could do that to yourself?

Q-"HOT DAMN!"-BE

Hell no! I wouldn't revert back after!

[Q_BE]

Hell no! I wouldn't revert back after!

You know what I meant! I imagine many more women than would admit it would like to be shape-shifters, if only to appear how they feel they want to be rather than how they are.

Q-"Imagine the money saved on cosmetics alone…"-BE

PS. I wonder if the technology for holographically-enhanced figures is ready yet?

[Ladon]

Yeah Djoser, I get creative when I'm stressed out.  Got two weeks left in my apartment before I gotta have everything out...and I just found out that our son's SSI got cut this month because my wife didn't follow through on something.  That's almost $700 missing out of an already tight budget.  :s

I do have to say thanks all, I do enjoy the attention!    Still thinking of how to do one in motion.

And I thought the gradual revert on the images was better than a simple snap back to the beginning.

EDIT - DAAAAMMMMNNNN    I had the perfect sequence all done, I was color correcting (the original was kinda orange) and kaboom...After Effects crashed.  I don't have the machine for this, really.  Anyway...it WAS a nice "swell...bulge...shwoomp...jiggle jiggle jiggle" sequence.  The main issue was the crazy texture on her top, it didn't morph well.  It was done...I gotta learn to save more often, I got spoiled by InDesign's auto save.

[Djoser]

Yeah Djoser, I get creative when I'm stressed out.  

Yeah it's interesting how artists get creative in the oddest situations...i hope they solve eventually tho 

[ROUNDandHEAVY]

Great stuff Ladon...I'm way too lazy to do animation.

[MrLucky]

but.. it's so easy

[ROUNDandHEAVY]

being lazy is even easier!

[Belle]

but.. it's so easy

Can you do it to an action sequence?  i miss the way wooly moose used to make them..

http://www.bearchive.com/~WoolyMoose/

[3deroticer]

I fooled around with After Effects a bit.  While it's reasonably easy to do the same thing I've been doing in PS, it most certainly isn't easy to do with a movie clip.  That may be because I have very little experience, but it might also be that I can't seem to find a clip that will work well.  For instance, the videos from PF/PG are nearly all shot without a tripod, and the camera is moving all over the place.  I'm not sure how to do a 3D distortion yet, but I may goof around with it some more.

These are fun, a little rewarding, and quick.  Spending hours getting the masks right on moving video, only to realize it won't work very well...just frustrating. lol

I did figure out how to stabilize the clip, but since the most reliable tracking points were her nipples, and the perspective kept changing, the final result was less than stellar.  I wonder if there's a way to track an edge, like the magnetic lasso in PS, that would make masking out the background quicker and more reliable.

I go to the project setting and make the screen twice as big, so when I stabilize the track my video clip will have room to move around in. When I am done with rendering out the bulge effect project, I stabilize the video by grabbing a clean edge of the video frame. return composition setting back to the original and then position video back in the frame and render one last time. When you go to stabilize tracking for the first time find something like a spot or mole or something on the model. You will get most of it, but you will also do some manually. It is easier to do your stuff without the jitter.

http://www.cyberdreamcreation.com/BEvideo.htm  I can post a tute on that if you require it.

[Ladon]

Actually, I did exactly that I think, 3DE.  There was a tutorial on Video Copilot in which he called it tracking and reverse tracking, he did it for a police car chase scene, left a little of the bumpiness but fixed most of the really nasty bumps in the video.

I tried to track both a short clip from Rachel Aldana and one from Beshine, but the guy holding the camera was moving all over the place, so even if I were able to track a good point, the actual viewing angle kept moving and making it look really weird.  I think I need the right KIND of shot.

Can you do it to an action sequence?  i miss the way wooly moose used to make them..
http://www.bearchive.com/~WoolyMoose/

 Those are actually...really cool.  Grainy for what we're used to now, but nonetheless.  I would guess that at least a few of them are converted from a real video (i.e. not morphed) but I could be completely wrong.  Either way, the only thing that makes them look like morphs to me is the sheer size of those ladies.

I haven't been in this mood lately, but I might give it another try before too long.

EDIT: 3DE - I looked at your site, it looks great, but there are some masking problems it looks like you could work out.  When the girl in the Circus shirt goes behind the guy, it shouldn't leave a halo in his jacket, I couldn't even guess what is causing that, but I'm pretty sure I could fix it if I ran into it.  I may just have to spring for that tutorial you have on there.

[3deroticer]

That masking is called part being lazy and part it's an old file I did before I knew as much as I do now. You ever had the experience of doing something for a long time and the program crash, and you say to yourself "screw it I want to look at fresh boobies" Then I thought it would be better to look at her boobies for a micro sec longer than to let that clod standing in front of her blocking my view. Her breast is so big in that I use both bulge effect and warp mesh effect. The warp mesh is easier to mess up the mask alignment. With 8gig memory I pretty much stick to doing a 15-20 second clip at a time. Then composite it all together at final render.

I agree on the pinupglam file the videographer is on crack, just kidding! But he is all over the place which makes most of his stuff hard to do and I prefer amateur stuff for that reason. But on the other hand DJPFC's video are of high crisp quality. Easier to do masking with! My best advice is to make sure to stick with decaf when shooting drop jaw looking babes. A lot of Pinup Glam stuff is also has zooming shot which makes it a challenge. The one I did, and the one Ooze3D did were relatively a straight calm shot of the model. And Ooze3D was even given a green screen footage.

Can you post the link to that tracking and reverse track tutorial?

Speaking of tracking check this out! http://vimeo.com/9124075

[Ladon]

It was the Demon Face Warp tut that had the reverse tracking, my bad.  http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/demon_face_warp/
and here's the car motion smoothing one, it could be useful as well. http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/stabilize_shaky_footage/

I found a decent video I'm thinking of trying, but not HD, which sucks. :p

[3deroticer]

It was the Demon Face Warp tut that had the reverse tracking, my bad.  http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/demon_face_warp/
and here's the car motion smoothing one, it could be useful as well. http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/stabilize_shaky_footage/

I found a decent video I'm thinking of trying, but not HD, which sucks. :p

Depending on definition I add mask feather setting in the mask!

Thank You Ladon! Great stuff in that tutorial!

[Ladon]

If you watch carefully, she says "Yes, sometimes I do have issues."    I don't have a good idea where to post the full res version, so here's a GIF for your enjoyment.

[Belle]

http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php/topic,540444.msg540507.html#msg540507

[rtpoe]

Not bad!

[Djoser]

Awesome job! Hmmm would it be possible to make the expansion happen slower?  

[Ladon]

I recently posted another in a morph request, here it is.  I could definitely make the last one go slower, but it just looked more dramatic to me.   I'll see if I can't upload an adjusted version tho.

[Ladon]

Ok, try this one on for size.  I made the BE start a little sooner, speed up where the old one started, and continue growing through the end of the now slightly longer clip.  

[Djoser]

Ahh Thank you for investing your time changing that  I love it!

[Ladon]

If anyone can point me to better 'material' to work with, preferably something with a slow-moving or static background, I'd be much obliged.