English51Morphing PhotosOne of Photo Express’ more novel effects extras is that of image morphing.Morphing transforms an image over time to create interesting and unique“warps” of the original photo. Image morphs are output as either imagesequences or animated GIF files.To morph an image:1. Get the photo you want to morph from analbum or from your hard disk.2. Click the Express button on theCommand panel. The Express extrasappear on the Toolbar.3. Select the Morph icon from the Toolbar.4. Choose a transformation from Type. Touse the transformation, move your mousecursor into the workspace and start“painting”.5. On the Shortcut bar, click the Add Itemto Storyboard button. This adds the currentimage to the Storyboard.You can remove the effectsof a transformation andreturn the image to itsoriginal state by clicking theRestore button on theShortcut bar. Also, click thePlay button to view an on-the-fly rendering of theanimation.6. When your Storyboard is complete, savethe file to disk by clicking the Save icon onthe Shortcut bar.Note: you can output image morphs as either an image sequence orGIF animations. GIF animations are useful for putting your images onthe Web while image sequences are best for searching through theindividual frames to find the one that really stands out.