Blorph
//blɔː(ɹ)f// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A visual effects technique in which an entire setting morphs from one appearance into another (as opposed to the morphing of an object or character within that setting).
"One way Jeremy approached that was purely procedural — he got in there and digitally grabbed the Brain Bug’s flesh and warped it all over the place. For the actual wriggling mounds of flesh, Jeremy used another shader, created by Doug Epps, called ‘Blorph’."
Verb
- 1 To transition from one setting to another by morphing the entire image, so that it appears as a smooth transition within a single shot. ambitransitive
Example
More examples"One way Jeremy approached that was purely procedural — he got in there and digitally grabbed the Brain Bug’s flesh and warped it all over the place. For the actual wriggling mounds of flesh, Jeremy used another shader, created by Doug Epps, called ‘Blorph’."
Etymology
Blend of blend + morph. Coined by Ken Ralston of Sony Pictures Imageworks.
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