Morphing Software Research Articles

A low-overhead technique for dynamic blackboarding using morphing technology

We present a simple, low-overhead method for “dynamic blackboarding”, using inexpensive, commercially available morphing technology. The method, which allows rapid production of animated presentations for classroom use, requires the user to construct a storyboard using a conventional graphical editor, and then link the storyboard frames into a QuickTime animation using the morphing software. The technique requires less effort to produce satisfactory simple animations than conventional algorithm animation techniques, and also requires less training. (Note to readers: Since this paper makes extensive reference to animations, it is best to view the accompanying animations at the appropriate points while reading the paper. These animations are available on the World Wide Web; their URLs are given at the appropriate points in the paper.)