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Subject: Re: Has anyone orphaned?
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From: Mark Thompson <mark@westford.ccur.com>
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> Has anyone come up with an effective way to "orphan" an object?
> What would also be interesting is if a another object
> could "adopt" the child
I believe Jon Tindall of Metro Grafx (author of Sparks) put together a little
tool for just this purpose. If I remember correctly, he had a couple packages
which bundled together a collection of these sorts of tools. You can reach
Metro Grafx at (810) 693-5134.
Another alternative is to use a trick instead. Have two instances of the
object in your scene with one parented to some other object, and the other
with or without a different parent. Keep one 100% dissolved while the other
is active and then use dissolve envelopes at the point of transition. The
second instance of the object should dissolve in position such that the
motion appears correctly fluid.
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