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The updated version of Keynote, iWork's presentation component, adds a Magic Move feature that adds a "morph" - like transition between slides; as well as a similar feature for objects and text-you choose the starting and ending objects or text, and the program creates a transition between them.

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  1. noun An allomorph.
  2. noun One of various distinct forms of an organism or species.
  3. transitive verb To transform (an image) by computer: cinematic special effects that morphed the villain into a snake.
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  • The feather began to stretch and morph, and I backed up, pushing Chase behind me. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 1] - Witchling
  • He was a spectacular meso-morph, built of nothing except large quantities of bone and sinew and muscle. —  Lee Child - [Reacher 12] - Nothing to Lose
  • One good place to morph is at the Clothes Pickup on top of the Hyman Condo. —  GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
  • The updated version of Keynote, iWork's presentation component, adds a Magic Move feature that adds a "morph" - like transition between slides; as well as a similar feature for objects and text-you choose the starting and ending objects or text, and the program creates a transition between them. —  MyAppleMenu
  • / * Now, write out the morph-target for each active channel * / —  DevMaster.net
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  1. From morpheme.
  2. From Greek morphē, form, shape.
  3. Shortening of metamorphose.
 

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