Have you looked at Eric Mootz's Vertex Tagger? I think it's part of emTools, which are free. You can use it to build growing polygon effects.
-Paul On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Morten Bartholdy <x...@colorshopvfx.dk>wrote: > ** > > I am working on an effect which could be done by animating an > extrude/inset of polygons while deleting or hiding the rest of the > polygons, effectively making a polygon grow from very small until it forms > the shape of an object together with all it adjacent polygons. > > > > Now I would like to do this dynamically, ie. either drive the effect along > the object using one or more of the following methods: a weightmap > gradient, an animated texture map, a null which initiates the change or a > volume which initiates the effect. This means it would probably be a good > idea to set it up in ICE. I have gone through the sample scenes to see if > there are bits and pieces I can use, but I am wondering if there are > specific tools or tutorials available that could help me achieve this > effect. > > > > Any tips and pointers are much appreciated - thanks! > > > > Morten > > > > >
