Scaling an object up from 0 doesn’t mean it has to look like static object. You don’t even have to touch scale for that matter. CC Flo Motion can create a warpy scale that stretches the object into place.

Disable Tile Edges. Only use one Knot. Set the Knot 1 position like you would an anchor point to control where the layer scales from. Tweak the Falloff to change the shape of the warp. Precomp or grow bounds to avoid cutoff.

Note: triangle has a Transform effect before FloMotion to add the rotation. The layer’s transform controls happen after the effects.

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