Morphing is a technique which involves using a computer to make an image on film or television appear to change shape or change into something else.
morphing in British English
(ˈmɔːfɪŋ)
noun
a computer technique used for graphics and in films, in which one image is gradually transformed into another image without individual changes being noticeable in the process
Word origin
C20: from metamorphosis
morphing in American English
(ˈmɔrfɪŋ)
noun
a special-effects process used in film or video production in which persons or objects seem to change shape, form, etc. in a smoothly continuous series of images created in a digital computer
Word origin
< metamorphosis + -ing
Examples of 'morphing' in a sentence
morphing
This is one of those moments when you know an entire culture is morphing into something else, something new.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As it transpired, FFP ended up morphing into something totally different.