Morphing vs. Tweening — What's the Difference?

Morphing is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes (or morphs) one image or shape into another through a seamless transition. Traditionally such a depiction would be achieved through dissolving techniques on film.

(animation) A technique in film animation for generating intermediate frames such that one image evolves smoothly into the next.

To transform (an image) by computer

Present participle of tween

To be transformed

Present participle of morph

(computing) The smooth transformation of one image into another using digital tweening.

The smooth transformation of one shape or image into another, displayed on the computer screen as a series of images that appear to be continuous, as if in a movie.