obejct dissolve

[erikals]

make the model in 1 layer, make sure it is uwelded in the right places
(so that it has seperate pieces)

now run the distribute plugin that comes with crackit
http://www.lwplugindb.com/Plugin.aspx?id=5754803d

this will automatically copy each piece to it's own layer.
(so you will have 150 layers or so i guess)

now bring the model to layout

in layout open the scene editor
select all the different pieces (objects)
click on property, change from "bone basics" to "object render options"
here you have "object dissolve"

click on the envelope "E" and start setting the percentage and frames.

sorry, fastest way i can think of at the moment.

[erikals]

just a video of the dissolve process done in the scene editor,
http://www.newtek.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=73403&d=1242349605

btw, also posted the question here,
http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?p=883643#post883643

[zummi]

Thanks for the reply.
The way you showed is a bit faster than the way i did it eventually.
I ended up with 500 layers each containing 1 pece of an object and from there ia just manually opened each one properties and entered the dissolve values.
I tried to come up with somesort of a plugin or expression witch basiccly repeats itself:
The idea was: tie the dissolve expression to a null and then have a plugin what selects the object and applies the expression.because they dont change all at once but like this:
object 1 dissolve from 100 to 0 over the frames of 0 to 10, object 2 dissolve from 100 to 0 over the frames of 5 to 15 and so on.

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