Making an polygon shape to slowly appear.

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# 1 29-11-2006 , 03:20 AM

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I wonder if this can be done....

Basically I'm wanting to make a 3d square appear out of thin air, slowly, gradually fading in.

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# 2 29-11-2006 , 03:35 AM

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What software are you going to be using?

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# 3 29-11-2006 , 03:42 AM

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It simply has to be maya...lol user added image

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# 4 29-11-2006 , 05:31 AM

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If you are interested in the final output rather than the application software, I suggest you use maya to model, animate and render the cube and use a compositing software for the fading effect. Tell if you want more details

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# 5 29-11-2006 , 10:45 AM

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I agree with melancholy. but if you have to use maya then just key the transparency of the material on the object. If you don't want a straight fade in then you can use a noise map and animate that to go from white to black.

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# 6 01-12-2006 , 03:22 PM

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I didn't mean if you were using Maya or not, Mathew:p I meant were you just going to be using Maya, or were you going to be using additional software for compositing.

melancholy and Pure_Morning answered you perfectly for either situation.

Hope it works out!

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