Loft Animation Conundrum?

[Zappa]

I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction?

 

I am trying to animate a lofted object growing along its path. It should start from nothing and result in my beautifully handcrafted logo :winkgrin: The lofted object has a deformation scale modifier applied to it. I scoured the Internet looking for any tutorials that applied to what I am attempting to do, with no success. Can someone help out, a fellow student of the digital arts.

 

A failed attempt can be found: http://www.cgarchitect.com/test/logo.max

maybe it will help you understand my dilemma, if my description above was vague.

 

Thanks for any help!

.matt.anderson

 

Thanks Jeff for the upload.

[nisus]

Hi Zappa,

 

I'm not really into animating lofts, but as lofts have automapping coordinats, can't you use an animated ramp as an opacity control slider?

Even better, make an animated mask - gradient ramp - in a blend material that blends between an invisible material and any material of your logo.

 

rgds

 

nisus