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From: alibaba@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alexander M. Rosenberg)
Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.bio,comp.graphics,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: shape-transform graphic programs
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Date: 28 Apr 88 09:19:41 GMT
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Adobe's Illustrator 88 will do shape transforms like you
described. I haven't seen them done, but it does require
that both object have the same number of points. I am not
sure how well the transoforms turn out, except for the
demonstration one of an "S" turned into a swan.

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