The more Scientific users sometimes want to see the dots and lines of the transformation. Generally for home users and fun animations, you don't want that in your results.
I appreciate your quick answers. Only one more: Would you know what software I would need to import my animated gif into iMovie? Only the first picture imports--as a still.
You might need the Professional edition of Morpheus Photo Morpher or Animation Suite in order to render directly to Quicktime files, which iMovie may support better.