Animating the beam effect

Alright, so I'm just animating the beam effect length from 0-100. The beam seems to emanate from the center rather from the start or end point of the beam. Is there a way to change that?

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[malcolm DeSoto] "The beam seems to emanate from the center rather from the start or end point of the beam. Is there a way to change that?"

You could animate the Time property. It defaults to 50% (the middle).

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[malcolm DeSoto] "oh duh, thanks Walter. I don't know why I didn't think to mess with that property before. That works"

To be fair, I don't think that "Time" is a very self-explanatory name, given what the parameter does. I think "Progress" or "Offset" would have been far more descriptive.

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[Darby Edelen] "I use percentages to describe time 100% of the time!"

Me too!

Showdown at high 50%! Film at 95.83%, 91.67% Central.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've just finished my 0.03% spot, and it's 70.83% o'clock somewhere.

Walter Soyka
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