CS194-26 Project 4 - Edward Fang

Face Morphing

Note: due to space constraints I couldn't include some of the visuals.

1. "Mid-Way" Face

Around 45 coordinates were chosen on each image; the primary features were the eyes, nose, mouth and face shape. The mid-way face is generated by moprhing both images into the average shape and then cross dissolving using the same weighted average.

2. The Morph Sequence

The morph sequence was generated using 60 different weighted averages and then chaining each frame to form the gif.

Peter to Edward

Clinton to Trump

Bill to George

3. The Mean Face

The female subset of the FEI Face Database (http://fei.edu.br/~cet/facedatabase.html) was used for mean face calculation.

Morph to Average

The original and morphed face followed by the overlayed triangulation on each face.

Average Face

The normalized sum of all faces warped into the average shape.

My Face to Average

Average to My Face

4. Caricature

The caricature was created by taking the weighted average between the average shape with my own average shape. The warp and scaling factors used were both -0.5.

5. Bells and Whistles

Morphing with a Theme

A morph sequence was created with animals as the theme. Can you guess what animals are in this morph sequence? The sequence is a little choppy due to the variable face structure of each animal. It's not smooth because triangles are being flipped and inverted as the morph sequence progresses, resulting in warp artifacts.