# Need some help with a project (image transformation)

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 20, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-some-help-with-a-project-image-transformation/300404 "2009-11-20T14:09:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![kikei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@kikei](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kikei)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-some-help-with-a-project-image-transformation/300404/1 "2009-11-20T14:09:34Z")

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Hi,

I am working on a project where I am designing an application that will allow someone to upload a picture and then manipulate certain parts of the image with a slider control. Essentially, the sliders allow the person to see what he or she will look like after gaining weight (it is for an obesity awareness program). However, I don’t really know what kind of code I should be looking at, particularly when it comes to a) identifying areas such as the cheeks, chin etc on the image, and b) applying the relevant transformations to those areas. I have been looking at [http://www.miniclip.com/games/putty-face/en/](http://www.miniclip.com/games/putty-face/en/) and that is similar to what I want to do except rather than mold the face like putty, the sliders provide a more fixed transformation. I have been looking at using displacementMap filters and matrix transformations but am rather stuck. any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Kiks