This paper describes the implementation of an active mesh that is to be automatically created and configured directly from a single frame of an image sequence The aim of this approach is to use the derived mesh to perform visual tracking in unconstrained motion environments allowing movement of the camera the scene and even the inclusion of background independent moving objects The main problem in initializing this mesh comes from the fact that there is little a priori information about the scene available The paper will discuss methods that are currently available for determining the initial position of active contour models within images also suggesting a method of initializing the active mesh The approach is further extended to using multiple meshes and region initialized meshes.