Here's a very quick thrown together example, uses the x-pos of the null to drive the scale of the particles.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/76099539/null-x-pos-effects-scale.zip On 24 March 2014 14:54, Stephen Davidson <[email protected]> wrote: > Just one question... Why are you using a 3D App to do a 2D animation? > > It just seems to me that you are using a Lamborghini engine to drive a > Volkswagen. > No disrespect to you or any of the car companies mentioned. I'm just > trying to understand your plan. It would be so simple to do in something > like AfterEffects. I'm sure it could be done in ICE, but that would be just > an example of learning ICE through a simple animation example. > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Eugen Sares <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> never learned ICE thoroughly enough to know this: >> What I'd like to do is some kind of simple 2D motion graphics video intro >> - an ornament pattern of rings of different sizes appears by the effect of >> scaling up each single ring from 0 to 100%, and with a 'swiping' motion >> from left to right on the screen. Left rings appear first, right ones last. >> Position of the rings always remains the same. >> The ring's pattern has to look a certain way in the end (it's an >> ornament). >> >> Should I use a pointcloud to attach the ring objects to? How would I do >> this? >> >> Second, I'd like to trigger the ring's scaling animations by a null that >> is 'flying by' in some way. >> >> Is it possible to trigger animation clips by the proximity of another >> object? >> >> Thanks a lot! >> Best regards, >> Eugen >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> <http://www.avast.com/> >> >> Diese E-Mail ist frei von Viren und Malware, denn der avast! >> Antivirus<http://www.avast.com/>Schutz ist aktiv. >> >> > > > -- > > Best Regards, > * Stephen P. Davidson* > > *(954) 552-7956 <%28954%29%20552-7956>* [email protected] > > *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* > > > - Arthur C. Clarke > > <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> > -- Chris Marshall Mint Motion Limited 029 20 37 27 57 07730 533 115 www.mintmotion.co.uk
