ABSTRACT
Image morphing is the process of gradually converting one image into another. This process has been used in the past two decades in the entertainment industry, but it is also very useful in image classification algorithms. This chapter demonstrates the basic methods and practice, but it should be noted by the reader that there are more complicated methods available with advanced theory and expensive computations. There are two processes used in the morphing. The first is an image warp which smoothly transitions one image to a specified grid, and the second is the morph which uses the warp to gradually transition one image into another. Fiducial points are the anchor points within an image that guide the warp. Commonly, the fiducial points are located at important features such as corners and edges. Image morphing is the gradual transformation from one image into another. The process is fairly simple once the Warp function has been established.
