Stupid Quetsion: How to animate a single vertex of a mesh in 2.5?

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#1

Sorry about that question but I can’t find an answer anywhere.

I can animate whole objects fine in Blender 2.5. But I want to animate a single Vertex of a mesh. When I’m in edit mode I cant set any keyframes.

So how is that done?

Thank you and please excuse this Newbie question but I try to learn but cannot figure out where I can find a solution to this problem.

Cheers

Pro

#2

Not a stupid question because it’s not obvious, and there is not yet a lot of documentation for the 2.5 versions. If you want to animate just one or a few vertices, you could use hooks. Select the vertex, then Ctrl-H->New object. Now when you animate the new Empty, the vertex follows.

You can also use shape keys to animate vertices in a mesh. Here is a short video tutorial for 2.5.
http://www.blendervideos.com/blender-2-5-shape-keys-tutorial-by-megagribble/

#3

I did it with Shape keys and it’s very easy to work with them.

Thanks so much for the quick reply. You saved my day!

Great forum!

Cheers

#4

Glad to help. Welcome to Blenderartists!

#5

If you want to use an armature for it then you can parent the hook to any bone you want.