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45-397: Dragon Ball Fusions allows players to create their own character, build teams, and collect Dragon Ball characters to fuse and create new ones to use during battles. It also allows players to take a photograph of themselves or their friends and fuse them. In the game's North American release, all swords in the game had been replaced with sticks. Though no explanation as to why this change

90-451: A dissolve transformation of the clothing of a female character. Maurice Tourneur 's 1915 film Alias Jimmy Valentine featured a subtle dissolve transformation of the main character from respected citizen Lee Randall into his criminal alter ego Jimmy Valentine. The Peter Tchaikovsky Story in a 1959 TV-series episode of Disneyland features a swan automaton transforming into a real ballet dancer. In 1985, Godley & Creme created

135-484: A "morph" effect using analogue cross-fades on parts of different faces in the video for " Cry ". In animation, the morphing effect was created long before the introduction of cinema. A phenakistiscope designed by its inventor Joseph Plateau was printed around 1835 and shows the head of a woman changing into a witch and then into a monster. Émile Cohl 's 1908 animated film Fantasmagorie featured much morphing of characters and objects drawn in simple outlines. In

180-564: A designer can create an intermediate between two styles, for example generating a semibold font by compromising between a bold and regular style, or extend a trend to create an ultra-light or ultra-bold. The technique is commonly used by font design studios. Godley %26 Creme Godley & Creme were an English rock duo formally established in Manchester in 1977 by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme . The pair began releasing music as

225-486: A disco beat. This album also contained the single " Cry " which, helped in part by the video, became their biggest US hit, reaching No. 16. The song reached No. 19 in the UK. A video cassette was also released with visual imagery to complement the music. Godley & Creme released their final album, Goodbye Blue Sky , in 1988. This album abandoned electronic instruments and used harmonicas, organs, and guitars to tell

270-606: A duo after their departure from the rock band 10cc . In 1979, they directed their first music video for their single " An Englishman in New York ". After this, they became involved in the production of videos for artists such as Ultravox , the Police , Yes , Duran Duran , Frankie Goes to Hollywood , Huey Lewis and the News and Wang Chung , as well as directing the groundbreaking video for their 1985 single " Cry ". The duo split at

315-558: A hit on both sides of the Atlantic . After the release of 10cc's fourth LP, How Dare You! (1976), Godley and Creme left the band to perfect a device they dubbed " The Gizmo " (Gizmotron), a module which attached to the bridge of an electric guitar. The Gizmo used small motor-driven rotating wheels which were pressed into contact with the strings, thus creating a continuous, violin-like "bowing" effect on all or any combination of strings, generating infinite sustain in voicings ranging from

360-436: A little more free in our thinking with regard to our work practices, the band as a corporate and creative entity could have realised that it could have been useful rather than detrimental for two members to spend some time developing and then bring whatever they'd learned back to the corporate party. Unfortunately, that wasn't to be. Creme also found the breakup painful, particularly as he and guitarist Eric Stewart are married to

405-400: A matched dissolve - a gradual change between two pictures without warping the shapes in the images - while others did change the shapes in between the start and end phases of the transformation. Known since at least the end of the 16th century, Tabula scalata is a type of painting with two images divided over a corrugated surface. Each image is only correctly visible from a certain angle. If

450-634: A more detailed digital morphing sequence with a person changing into different animals. A similar process was used a year later in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to create Walter Donovan's gruesome demise. Both effects were created by Industrial Light & Magic , using software developed by Tom Brigham and Doug Smythe ( AMPAS ). In 1991, morphing appeared notably in the Michael Jackson music video " Black or White " and in

495-510: A nose could grow to enormous size, simply by slowly sliding away a piece of glass with black paint that masked part of another glass plate with the picture. In the first half of the 19th century " dissolving views " were a popular type of magic lantern show, mostly showing landscapes gradually dissolving from a day to night version or from summer to winter. Other uses are known, for instance Henry Langdon Childe showed groves transforming into cathedrals. The 1910 short film Narren-grappen shows

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540-532: A one-off single under the name of 'Yellow Bellow Room Boom' for UK CBS in 1967 ("Seeing Things Green" b/w "Easy Life"), the pair began their professional music career together in 1969, performing pop music in Strawberry Studios at Stockport near Manchester with Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman (often mistakenly referred to as being "Bubblegum Music", perhaps because they were contracted by Kasenetz & Katz, who produced bubblegum sub-teen pop in

585-549: A pair of sisters, which made the decision more personal than professional. The duo gradually regained critical favour with a trio of innovative albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s – L (1978), Freeze Frame (1979) and Ismism (1981, released as Snack Attack in the United States). Freeze Frame (1979) included several songs that gained airplay on alternative radio in many countries, notably "I Pity Inanimate Objects" and " An Englishman in New York ", which

630-420: A priority, for example. Our working relationship dominated our lives, you know. It was time for a shift in all that and he was obviously right. Freeze Frame , Ismism and Birds of Prey were subsequently reissued on CD, with addition of bonus tracks that had previously only been available on singles: Godley and Creme achieved their greatest success as the innovative directors of more than fifty music videos in

675-497: A single note to a full chord. The device was originally conceived as a cost-saving measure for 10cc. The group already owned and operated their own studio, and all four were talented singers and multi-instrumentalists who could also produce and engineer their own records, so their plan was that by using Gizmo-fitted electric guitars, with additional studio processing and overdubbing, they could create an almost infinite variety of sonic effects and orchestral textures "in-house", saving them

720-578: 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. Since the early 1990s, this has been replaced by computer software to create more realistic transitions. A similar method is applied to audio recordings, for example, by changing voices or vocal lines. Long before digital morphing, several techniques were used for similar image transformations. Some of those techniques are closer to

765-619: The Dragon Balls to wish for a "Number One in Time Space Martial Arts Tournament." The game received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic , receiving a rating of 72/100 based on 37 critics. Kyle Hilliard of Game Informer awarded Dragon Ball Fusions a 6.75 out of 10, praising the gameplay and graphics while criticizing the battles and requirements for EX Fusions as "time-consuming". Heidi Kemps of GameSpot awarded

810-648: The LP was shelved until its release in the 2022 compilation Frabjous Days: The Secret World of Godley & Creme 1967–1969 on Grapefruit Records. Joined by Eric Stewart to form Hotlegs they first secured a chart success with the song " Neanderthal Man " which hit #2 in the UK. The band, after serving as the backing band for two successful Neil Sedaka albums, evolved into 10cc in 1972 when Graham Gouldman joined. 10cc went on to record four albums and enjoyed chart success, most notably with their 1975 single " I'm Not in Love ",

855-643: The Mountains "), Visage (" Fade to Grey "), George Harrison (" When We Was Fab "), Lou Reed (" No Money Down "), Wang Chung (" Everybody Have Fun Tonight "), and Yes (" Leave It "), among many others, up to Godley's video for The Beatles ' 1996 single, " Real Love ", from the Beatles Anthology . The pair's innovation extended to their videos for their own songs, notably "Wide Boy" and "Cry". The latter's 1985 video consisted of faces blending into one other using analog cross-fading , anticipating

900-506: The US on the Buddah label). The duo also released a single in 1969, "I'm Beside Myself" b/w "Animal Song", under the name Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon after being signed on to Marmalade Records directly by label head Giorgio Gomelsky . A 7-song LP was slated for a late 1969 release on Marmalade; however, the label collapsed under the weight of its financial situation before the end of the year, and

945-504: The considerable expense of hiring session players to add these textures using traditional instruments. After recording a demonstration single using the Gizmo, their label ( Mercury Records ) allowed them to continue the project, and over the next year it expanded into a sprawling 3-LP concept album Consequences (1977) with an environmental theme. It contained vocals by Sarah Vaughan and an extended comedy performance by Peter Cook , and

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990-538: The digital effect of morphing , later used in a similar way in Michael Jackson 's 1991 video, " Black or White ". This was hailed as "groundbreaking", though it was not without antecedents; a 10-second portion of the promotional video for King Crimson 's single " Heartbeat " had used a somewhat similar effect three years earlier. Creme joined the avant-garde synth-pop group Art of Noise in 1998. Godley continued to direct music videos. In 2006, he once again teamed up with Gouldman, as they released six new tracks under

1035-565: The early 1980s. They created memorable videos for Status Quo ( "Something 'bout You Baby I Like" ), The Police (" Every Breath You Take ", " Synchronicity II ", " Wrapped Around Your Finger "), Culture Club (" Victims "), Duran Duran (" Girls on Film ", " A View to a Kill "), Herbie Hancock (" Rockit "), Go West (" We Close Our Eyes "), Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush (" Don't Give Up "), Frankie Goes to Hollywood (" Two Tribes ", " The Power of Love "), Sting (" If You Love Somebody Set Them Free ", " Fields of Gold "), Toyah (" Thunder in

1080-465: The early 1990s, computer techniques capable of more convincing results saw increasing use. These involved distorting one image at the same time that it faded into another through marking corresponding points and vectors on the "before" and "after" images used in the morph. For example, one would morph one face into another by marking key points on the first face, such as the contour of the nose or location of an eye, and mark where these same points existed on

1125-556: The end of the 1980s. Both have since been involved in music videos, TV commercials, and sporadic music projects. Kevin Godley and Lol Creme met in the late 1950s and for a brief time were in an amateur band together. In the early 1960s they joined white R&B combo The Sabres (The Magic Lanterns) together. Though they played in different bands, with Godley briefly in The Mockingbirds with Graham Gouldman , who would later work with Godley and Creme in 10cc. After recording

1170-461: The game a 6 out of 10, criticizing the lack of English voice acting, the battle animations for being "repetitive" and the game itself for feeling like a companion to Dragon Ball Xenoverse . The game sold 77,509 copies within its first week of release in Japan. As of October 13, 2016, it has sold 174,184 copies in the region. By 2018, it had sold 240,568 copies in Japan. Morphing Morphing

1215-451: The ghost of a suicidal woman who returns to haunt a rail commuter) (No. 3) and " Wedding Bells " (No. 7) in 1981, both from Ismism (1981). The single "Snack Attack" was also a minor hit. Their 1972 pre-10cc single "The Boys in Blue" (written by Godley, Creme, Gouldman and included in the album Strawberry Bubblegum: A Collection of Pre-10CC Strawberry Studio Recordings 1969–1972 )

1260-419: The images and distort one into the other as they crossfade. While perhaps less obvious than in the past, morphing is used heavily today. Whereas the effect was initially a novelty, today, morphing effects are most often designed to be seamless and invisible to the eye. A particular use for morphing effects is modern digital font design. Using morphing technology, called interpolation or multiple master tech,

1305-529: The movies Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . The first application for personal computers to offer morphing was Gryphon Software Morph on the Macintosh . Other early morphing systems included ImageMaster, MorphPlus and CineMorph, all of which premiered for the Amiga in 1992. Other programs became widely available within a year, and for a time the effect became common to

1350-400: The name GG06. The discography of Godley & Creme contains seven studio albums, one of which Consequences (1977), is a triple album and another The History Mix Volume 1 (1985) is a hybrid album that is part studio, remix and compilation album. The duo have released four compilation albums, two of which contained material from their former band 10cc . 16 singles were also released by

1395-429: The opportunity to be as creative as possible and leaving seemed to be the right thing to do at that moment. Unfortunately, the band wasn't democratic or smart enough at that time to allow us the freedom to go ahead and do this project and we were placed in the unfortunate position of having to leave to do it. Looking back, it was a very northern work ethic being applied to the group, all for one and one for all. If we'd been

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1440-427: The pictures are matched properly, a primitive type of morphing effect occurs when changing from one viewing angle to the other. Around 1790 French shadow play showman François Dominique Séraphin used a metal shadow figure with jointed parts to have the face of a young woman changing into that of a witch. Some 19th century mechanical magic lantern slides produced changes to the appearance of figures. For instance

1485-613: The point of cliché . For high-end use, Elastic Reality (based on MorphPlus) saw its first feature film use in In The Line of Fire (1993) and was used in Quantum Leap (work performed by the Post Group). At VisionArt Ted Fay used Elastic Reality to morph Odo for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . The Snoop Dogg music video " Who Am I? (What's My Name?) ", where Snoop Dogg and the others morph into dogs. Elastic Reality

1530-433: The second face. The computer would then distort the first face to have the shape of the second face at the same time that it faded the two faces. To compute the transformation of image coordinates required for the distortion, the algorithm of Beier and Neely can be used. In or before 1986, computer graphics company Omnibus created a digital animation for a Tide commercial with a Tide detergent bottle smoothly morphing into

1575-694: The shape of the United States. The effect was programmed by Bob Hoffman. Omnibus re-used the technique in the movie Flight of the Navigator (1986). It featured scenes with a computer generated spaceship that appeared to change shape. The plaster cast of a model of the spaceship was scanned and digitally modified with techniques that included a reflection mapping technique that was also developed by programmer Bob Hoffman. The 1986 movie The Golden Child implemented early digital morphing effects from animal to human and back. Willow (1988) featured

1620-467: The song's innovative promotional video. Alongside the album tracks released as singles, the duo also released two singles (both of which failed to chart) that contained tracks not included on the LP – "Wide Boy" b/w "I Pity Inanimate Objects" (March 1980) and the instrumental single "Submarine" b/w "Marciano" (September 1980). They made the UK Top Ten with the singles " Under Your Thumb " (a song about

1665-403: The story of the earth on the brink of nuclear war. The pair ended their working relationship soon after the release of the album. In a 1997 interview, Creme explained: In '89, certainly in '88, maybe before, Kevin changed, I think his priorities in life changed. He'd had enough, he'd simply had enough of me and the way we worked, the things we did, the priorities we had. And the fact that we were

1710-470: The user. This has led to the use of morphing techniques to create convincing slow-motion effects where none existed in the original film or video footage by morphing between each individual frame using optical flow technology. Morphing has also appeared as a transition technique between one scene and another in television shows, even if the contents of the two images are entirely unrelated. The algorithm in this case attempts to find corresponding points between

1755-416: Was Galleries by Morpheus . In Taiwan, Aderans, a hair loss solutions provider, did a TV commercial featuring a morphing sequence in which people with lush, thick hair morph into one another, reminiscent of the end sequence of the " Black or White " video. Morphing algorithms continue to advance and programs can automatically morph images that correspond closely enough with relatively little instruction from

1800-623: Was able to perform all of the major roles himself. Unfortunately, by the time Consequences was finally released in late 1977, punk was in full swing, and the album was savaged by critics. In a 1997 interview, Godley expressed regret that he and Creme had left 10cc, saying: We'd reached a certain crossroads with 10cc and already spent three weeks on the genesis of what turned out to be Consequences  ... The stuff that we were coming up with didn't have any home, we couldn't import it into 10cc. And we were kind of constrained by 10cc live ... We felt like creative people who should give ourselves

1845-415: Was accompanied by an innovative music video. Several notable guest performers contributed to the album: Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera played guitar on and co-produced the album tracks "Random Brainwave" and "Clues", Paul McCartney contributed backing vocals to the song "Get Well Soon" and Roxy Music saxophonist Andy Mackay played saxophone on the single-only track "Wide Boy" and also appeared in

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1890-400: Was issued in a lavish boxed set package with an accompanying booklet. According to the album's liner notes, the duo's original plan was to hire an all-star cast of comedians (including Peter Ustinov ) to perform the album's spoken-word components, but this was soon abandoned, partly due to the cost and logistical difficulty, but also because they quickly realised after meeting Peter Cook that he

1935-433: Was later purchased by Avid , having already become the de facto system of choice, used in many hundreds of films. The technology behind Elastic Reality earned two Academy Awards in 1996 for Scientific and Technical Achievement going to Garth Dickie and Perry Kivolowitz . The effect is technically called a "spatially warped cross-dissolve". The first social network designed for user-generated morph examples to be posted online

1980-587: Was made, a representative of Bandai Namco told Operation Rainfall that the decision was made by Nintendo and Bandai Namco. A manga adaptation titled Dragon Ball Fusions the Manga!! was serialized in Saikyō Jump magazine from its May 2016 issue published in April 2016 to its May 2018 issue published in April 2018. Written and illustrated by Hiroshi Otoki, the story followed Tekka as he and his friend Pinich gather

2025-512: Was played at most Manchester City football club matches in the 1990s and is still occasionally played there. In 1983, they released Birds of Prey which took their music in a more electronic direction, using electronic drum machines for the entire album. Their 1984 single "Golden Boy" was included on 1985's The History Mix Volume 1 album which celebrated 25 years of recording together. The album, co-produced by J. J. Jeczalik of Art of Noise , remixed samples of their previous recordings to

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