-- Texture colour blending animation. This will hook up colour blending
    -- on the selected texture node.
    --
    -- @description Hooks up a texture with a colour blend animation.
    -- @author      Thomas Loockx
    -- @version     0.1

    -- hooks up an animator with the texture
    local function setTexAnimator(tex, startColour, endColour, nbFrames)
        -- animator will interpolate between these colours
        tex:setAnimator(octane.A_VALUE, { 0 }, { startColour, endColour}, 1)
    end


    -- Get the selected RGB texture node
    local tex = octane.project.getSelection()[1]
    assert(tex:getProperties().type == octane.NT_TEX_RGB, "RGB texture node expected")

    -- hook up the animator for colour blending WHITE -> BLACK
    setTexAnimator(tex, { 1, 1, 1 }, { 0, 0, 0}, 25)