Comments on: Online Morphing

Online Morphing

Dave Faris — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:21:06 -0800

MorphThing combines two faces into one. It's fun, free, and no download is required!

By: phaedon

phaedon — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:34:25 -0800

Somewhat related: The wonderful morphing work of Philip Scott Johnson: Women in Film, Women in Art.

By: desjardins

desjardins — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:56:26 -0800

I don't know who half the people are, and they have some astonishingly bad photos of really beautiful people. On the other hand, you can keep adding people to your morph via the link on the right ("morph this image"). Eventually I'll come up with a morph of everyone in their database.

By: knave

knave — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:26:06 -0800

I just morphed Harry Potter and Jude Law and it came out awesome. (Also I love that Daniel Radcliffe is the only person who's in there by his character's name.)

By: davy

davy — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:41:05 -0800

That site comes pre-Godwinned!

By: randomination

randomination — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:43:43 -0800

Who's going to do mattamyn?

By: davy

davy — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:45:14 -0800

It seems that morphing anybody with Hitler looks better than Hitler.

By: the cydonian

the cydonian — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:59:45 -0800

I like how the website has taken two photos with slightly different angles, and yet, combined them together rather well. Eyes go with the eyes, mouth goes to mouth, hair goes to hair and all that. This is the best mix I've seen so far. _{Also, I don't know who Allison Macks is, but now would like to know more.}

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:06:51 -0800

Bah--looks like we killed it. In the meantime, you can entertain yourself with my (old-skool) morphology.

By: isopraxis

isopraxis — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:08:04 -0800

Wouldn't it be Mattamyntex? I'd love to see the triune face put together in morphage á trois, but sadly morphthing isn't trinity compliant yet. I'd make stickers with the image. and they would probably say: 'Mattamyntex has a posse'

By: wannalol

wannalol — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:08:49 -0800

Natalie Portman + Keira Knightley = Natalie Portman!

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:16:28 -0800

Metafilter's own StickyCarpet invented morphing.

By: JDHarper

JDHarper — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:33:29 -0800

Also, I don't know who Allison Macks is, but now would like to know more.

Here you go. Currently plays Chloe Sullivan on Smallville. Also played on Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. She is 25 and married.

By: spec80

spec80 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:37:04 -0800

wannalol: In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Knightley played one of Portman's attendants and when they were both in make up, their mother's couldn't tell them apart.

By: waitingtoderail

waitingtoderail — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:02:02 -0800

And the one everyone is waiting to see..... George Hitler

By: aftermarketradio

aftermarketradio — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:34:22 -0800

George Bush + Gollum is champion! On another note, some of the suggested name combinations are hilarious. Angelina Jolie + Carrie Underwood = Carrilina Underwoolie. Now go throw up in the grass.

By: nzero

nzero — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:35:54 -0800

Liv Tyler + David Boreanaz = Val Kilmer with lipstick?

By: nzero

nzero — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:36:21 -0800

Seewhattamean?

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:44:08 -0800

You're making Medel's ghost angry.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:44:58 -0800

Make that Mendel's ghost. Medel's ghost is still haunting A-line.

By: digibri

digibri — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:52:03 -0800

Renee Zellweger + Angelina Joli Come on, surely I'm not the only one who thought of that...

By: skammer

skammer — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:08:17 -0800

Don't forget evil yoda

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:25:43 -0800

I think it's a good thing Buffy and Angel were never able to have offspring. Ew. Then again, it could be worse.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:30:29 -0800

Ack! Thpbthth! Gollum and pretty much anybody would keep one up at night. Figures... Morphing these two comes out lookin' like this guy... well when he was much younger and didn't have to shave. And had hair.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:53:27 -0800

Too cute for words. this is mildly addictive for some reason Shame I can't just merge like twenty or forty pics together to see what'd come out. I'd imagine after awhile they'd all average out to look like what faceresearch.org has found. (mentioned previously on MeFi)

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:00:15 -0800

God Save the Queen!

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:09:59 -0800

Adolph Hendrix ok i'll shut up

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:47:33 -0800

Check out this morph of Matthowie.

By: mmahaffie

mmahaffie — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:54:56 -0800

Man... Hitler/Hendrix is pretty cool. And Morphing anyone with Gollum yields what they'll look like doing TV interviews at age eighty after forty face-lifts.

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:00:24 -0800

For your use: jessamyn matthowie (wish there was a better picture) cortex

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:46:26 -0800

It's not letting me morph them, FlatLuigi. =( I managed to get the darn thing to morph Matt with Al Pacino, but I can't morph Matt with Jess or Josh. =(

By: y2karl

y2karl — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:01:38 -0800

So, what would crunchland plus MiguelCardoso add up to ?

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:07:07 -0800

Matt's pic isn't working well cuz he's showing his teeth. I got nothing against his teeth. It's just that most of the other pics at MorphThing, they aren't showing their teeth, so it makes for a weird morph. Case in point: I just tried morphing Matthowie & Alec Baldwin and the end result looks like he's chewing his own face. Very surreal. Jessamyn's pic is too dark, and she's also further away from the camera than most of the other pics. So to get a good result, you have to pick a very light image to compensate for the darkness. Jess and Amy Lee for example.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:10:08 -0800

This one kinda works. Cortex and Chris Martin. I dunno who Chris Martin is tho. Notice again though that there's a distance issue. I dunno how to compensate for that.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:32:09 -0800

Morph of morph of morph of morph of morph... Heehee.

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:44:19 -0800

I wish there was a better picture for Matt, but after scouring the internet I realized that, one, he looks scarily like Sylar from Heroes, and two, he doesn't know how to look into a damn camera. I found a better image for jessamyn, so I'll redo that and cortex. Meanwhile, here's an interesting combination.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:44:53 -0800

Mona Diaz

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:08:05 -0800

Alright. Here's new matthowie, jessamyn, and cortex. Here's mattamyn, mattex, and cortamyn. Finally, here's vitamattacortamyn. -hic-

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:09:08 -0800

(oh, and you can combine other people's pictures if you save them to your "My Images.")

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:50:00 -0800

After awhile, all celebrities start to look the same. Here's some forty-eight of my favorite faces, mushed together like mashed potatoes in a blender. No accounting for taste, I know.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:03:10 -0800

Much better pic of Jessamyn now. Very cool.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:27:49 -0800

Dobbs ' Approval no longer needed. Approved by Dobbs.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:30:06 -0800

This so rocks! Okay I need to go be constructive or something! LOL!

By: aftermarketradio

aftermarketradio — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:17:49 -0800

Christina Applegate + Monkey = Dr. Laura. (obviously, any images of Dr. Laura are not safe for work.)

By: tehloki

tehloki — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:53:31 -0800

Okay, Adolph Haughey looks a little too realistic.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:47:17 -0800

Neat, you can simply use Palpatine to convincingly age any celebrity. Here's grammy Uma and grampy Hawke. Mammy Jolie and pappy Pitt. Nana Moss and Papa Depp. Mee-mah Keys and Pee-pah Timberlake. Bamma Portman and bumpa Leto.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:58:23 -0800

Almost forgot! Geepa Matt (such stylish horn-rims!) and neena Jessamyn.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:10:49 -0800

Finally, here's crazy ol' gumma Spears (unfortunately completely unmarriageble).

By: tomierna

tomierna — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:56:46 -0800

Metafilter's own StickyCarpet invented morphing. How did this not get any love?

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:52:02 -0800

On the other end of the spectrum: Lil' Matt Owie and Jessa-Mini.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:53:24 -0800

Sure, they're cute when they're young ...

By: parallax7d

parallax7d — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:03:40 -0800

Cameron Diaz and Clive Owen = Jude Law? Scarlett Johansson and Scream= Tori Spelling?

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:51:36 -0800

Here's some forty-eight of my favorite faces, mushed together like mashed potatoes in a blender 32 men.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:11:21 -0800

OK, forty-eight men, too.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:18:18 -0800

96 famous faces forming one alien being of superior androgynous beauty.

By: tehloki

tehloki — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:52:30 -0800

Those super-mush-of-96-faces faces are so eerily attractive. Like somebody took the most beautiful people from all over the world and forced them to breed excessively for generations.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:24:52 -0800

It doesn't help that the morphing process makes the photos look soft-focused, like they used to do every time they showed a pretty woman on the original Star Trek series. All it's missing is the eerie music.