This is kind of a difficult problem to describe, but basically, I need to make an animation out of dots. Normally I'd do this with particular, but the dots are in quite specific locations. Essentially I need to reveal the animation with the dots. But the dots are large, so using a mask where we see the animation through the dots is out of the question – I need to dots to make the animation. In this example, the top image is wrong and the bottom image is right.
http://b.imagehost.org/view/0103/dotexample.jpg
By the way, the animation is going to be done in echospace. And also, the dots will stay still, they wont move with the animation, so I wont need to get into any 3D particle business, I hope
Anyone got any ideas? Thanks!