How did they create The Shadow's disguise?

Question

In his 1994 movie The Shadow uses his psychic abilities to somehow alter his face to look like another person as part of his disguise. I've often wondered how this was actually done in the movie.It is only shown rather scarcely and often only behind the rest of his mask/scarf. Though, I think at the end there's a scene where he transforms live between the faces using some blending effect. It might just have been make-up, but it always looked like a completely different person to me, with much more prominent features, yet on IMDb there is no other actor credited for playing The Shadow. Or maybe it was CGI, but while not entirely unknown in 1994, I'm not sure how capable or widely used CGI was for such stuff back then.So is there any official information (or at least well-reasoned speculation) how they achieved The Shadow's "alternate face"?

Answer 1

Such a transition prior to CGI was a combination of make-up and great editing, using what software was available to "morph" from one character to another. Knowing that such make-up procedures require tedious hours in the make-up chair, including the transitional phases, they may have used a body double for the final images. Think "Claymation." It requires a lot of time and commitment on the part of the actors, DP and make-up FX people to make it happen. Then, there's the cost of having these people for what could take days working on one scene.