Return-Path: Received: from gateway16.websitewelcome.com ([69.56.148.23] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4831909 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:48:43 +0200 Received: by gateway16.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 7C90CF6545CF7; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:49:35 -0500 (CDT) Received: from alpina.websitewelcome.com (alpina.websitewelcome.com [74.54.176.2]) by gateway16.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EBC8F6545CC5 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:49:35 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [199.21.106.94] (port=52161 helo=[192.168.0.5]) by alpina.websitewelcome.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1T7Y9o-0004Dn-6c for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:49:36 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Subject: Re: [AE] Morphing without paid 3rd party plugins? From: Chris Meyer In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:49:35 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - alpina.websitewelcome.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crishdesign.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([192.168.0.5]) [199.21.106.94]:52161 X-Source-Auth: chris@crishdesign.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7YWxwaW5hLndlYnNpdGV3ZWxjb21lLmNvbQ== The classic formula is to create mask shapes for your source and target = images, and use the Reshape effect to animate between them. Do this to = both the source and target images, and use the Blend effect (or Opacity = keyframes) to perform the crossfade during the warp. - Chris