Picture Morphing

morph To transform (an image) by computer.

Technically Nici does not morph pictures as you would see, for example, in the movies. Instead Nici alpha blends (superimposes) one picture over another, with increasing intensity, over a couple of seconds.

If the two pictures are similar, it seems like the first picture is morphing into the second. In addition, for certain picture series, this effect can bring the pictures to life, giving them a kind of 3D look and feel.

Picture Morphing Example

As an example: you have downloaded two pictures of a nail being hammered in. The first shows the hammer up, the second shows the hammer striking the nail.

If you morph between the two pictures, it looks like a movie of the hammer coming down onto the nail. By pressing the "enter" key repeatedly, you get the effect of the nail being hammered over and over.

Always Morph

By default picture morphing is set to "none".

You can tell Nici to always morph when displaying pictures, by switching to the "Pictures" view, then clicking on the "Pictures" menu, then clicking on the "Morph" sub menu. This is illustrated below:

In the above screenshot, we have downloaded the pictures from the Picture finder example page.

Special Case Morphing

Instead of setting Nici to always morph, you can easily morph on a case by case basic.

There are a number of ways to do this, but firstly make sure that picture morphing is set to "none". (See the above illustration).

• Try clicking on one picture, and then clicking on a second picture. Now press the "Enter" key repeatedly. Nici will morph between the first and second pictures
• Try holding down the "Ctrl" key while press the "right" or "left" arrow keys. Nici will morph as it changes pictures.
• Try clicking on the thumbnail of the currently selected picture