text into dust or vice versa

[rakennedy75]

I wanted to start messing around with text or an object that turns into dust or some type of particle.

I don't need anything specific, just wanted to play around with this effect. I have no idea where to start. If anyone has any tutorials or a direction on how to go about this I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks for your time.

[munky]

there is a how to explode objects tut on beastys site ( I've lost the link but you'll find it on "Lightwave tutorials on the web" or Flay.com) You should look at how you can get objects to emit particles and how you can use a texture to control where they emit from. Also check out C4 destruct and Detonate Flay.com (plugins and free by the way) and search here for threads and pfx tuts

hope this helps

paul