Swapping out geometry with an alembic animation for the animation to have effects

[min_cheung12]

Hello, I have done another disintegration effect on a sphere, that I need for the end of my animation for university. I have alembic cached out a girl from Maya. It only has subtle animation on it. The girl geometry needs to be swapped with the sphere so the effect is applied.

I have attached a file with the cache's in it but without my attempt at swapping the geometry as it crashes Houdini. The animation starts at frame 2670 

Thank you!

disintergration_ballet_007.hipnc

END_Death_camera.fbx

End_death.abc

[Atom]

You can install a Switch node inside of OBJECT_A. Use an Object Merge to bring the Alembic mesh cache and follow it up with a Subdivide, for more resolution, and a Transform to re-align the merged mesh with the current sphere's location.

 

[min_cheung12]

@Atom Okay, thank you! The only problem is, that the character is aligned to a camera as it is part of a 2 minute animation piece, so I can't really move it to another position 

[sandford]

Is this the same as your other thread...? 

Regardless, I'll take a look at this version tonight seeing as your other one seemed a bit broken.

[min_cheung12]

@sandford No, this one is more complicated but the effect works at the frame I need it to on this one but it just won't go onto the character... I need both effects for different sections! And thank you so much!!!

 

[Atom]

You can still use the switch option mentioned above, just don't relocate it to the sphere location and simply look through your final camera instead.

[min_cheung12]

@Atom Ah okay! I'll give it a go! Thank you!

[min_cheung12]

@Atom Hello, Thank you so much!!! Its works!!!

[min_cheung12]

@Atom Sorry to disturb you again but the smoke is emitting and vanishing from the character now however the character isn't disintegrating and nothing is showing in a render. I have attached an image of the character 

[min_cheung12]

@Atom No worries!!! It was me being silly!!! Thank you so much for your help!!!!