Celebrity morph game development

Abstract

This report describes the process of development of a celebrity morph game titled

‘The Celebrity Mash-Up’. The game utilizes Matlab to morph faces of celebrities and

then presents these morphed images to users with options identifying the component

faces of the morph. This report first introduces the concept of image morphing and

analyses the different techniques to manipulate two-dimensional human face images,

highlighting the relative differences between them. These techniques show how a

realistic composite face, based on component faces can be generated with precise

control. The factors affecting the quality of the generated morph are also analysed

along with how they can be tweaked to generate a better final product. Thereafter,

the report describes the approach to generating the morph algorithm and the user

interface, chronicling the problems encountered and their resolution. In generation

of the morphing algorithm, there are three major processes involved: feature

specification, followed by warp generation and cross-dissolution. Through a

Graphical User Interface, the game handles user interaction and processes the options

for the answers. In conclusion, this report addresses future improvements to the

morph generation process.