Morphs by Rav
2. Submit more than one photo of the subject to me morphed. If I have options to choose from, I'll select the image that will produce the best resulting morph. While you may only be purchasing one morph, having multiple images submitted means the final product will probably be more satisfying to you in the end. Submit your pictures to rav@morphsbyrav.com with your order number in the subject line.
3. Whenever possible, choose pictures with little 'background noise'. Since the images will blend from one to another, if the background elements are not similar, or can not be blended in with the rest of the morph elements, then the resulting morph will ignore them, and that part of the morph will simply fade from the starting image and be replaced with the background of the finishing image. I'll email you before starting if this will be an issue and you can let me know if that won't be a problem and you want me to proceed anyway. See pics at right for examples of this.
4. Submit pictures that have similar posings. Morphing from a profile shot to a frontal shot can be done, and in some cases can come out very nicely, but in other cases will look choppy and even rather distorted in the morph transition. If you'd like to see if it would work well, then please do submit them as a choice and specify if you'd like me to give my opinion on how the result would appear in the end product. If I don't think it will look nice, I'll let you know beforehand.
5. Specify what you expect when you submit your pictures. If, for example, your first picture has you standing near a parkbench and the final near a car, and you'd like the bench to morph into the car, let me know this so I can incorporate it into the morph. Background morphing is considered a 'fancy' morph, so be sure to add the 'Fancy Morph' option in your shopping cart.
The default file for basic morphs is an animated GIF image. Animated GIF files use only 256 colors, and tend to be larger in file size, so they load more slowly. Here's an example of an anigif morph
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Flash files produce a smaller result file, which will load more quickly on a webpage, but they also require an 'embed' HTML command to post, which means they may not be available to use in image profiles at online sites. However, they can be used in profile pages and blogs which allow the use of HTML coding. Here's an example of a Flash file morph:
Backgrounds can affect the overall feel of a morph. In this example (aniGIF format, remember these take more time to load into a page), the tree branches are quite evidently not a morphed element. Consider the backgrounds in the images you submit (though the result may still be remarkable, as is the case here.) 