Editing Morphing (section)

===Mechanical transformations===
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darley |first=Catherine |date=May 21, 2015 |title=Le cinéma avant le cinéma (1) : théâtre d'ombres |trans-title=The cinema before cinema (1): shadow theater |url=https://filslisibles.blogspot.com/2015/05/le-cinema-avant-le-cinema-1-theatre.html |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Fils visibles, fils lisibles |language=fr}}</ref>

Some 19th century mechanical [[magic lantern]] slides produced changes to the appearance of figures. For instance 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Just a lot of movement slides. |url=https://www.luikerwaal.com/newframe_uk.htm?/wipwaps06_uk.htm |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.luikerwaal.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/explore/item/64097/|title=Single sliding magic lantern slide: Mr Punch's nose growing - The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum|website=www.bdcmuseum.org.uk}}</ref>