No probs,

it was pretty straight forward really...

1: In Maya, animate a skeleton to follow the approximate movements of the person that you want to disintegrate.

2: In After Effects have the layers so that the person is in top, then the skeleton and finally the empty plate.

3: Animate a mask to eat away the person revealing the skeleton and then do the same to the skeleton to reveal the empty plate.

4: Stick some effect around the edge of the mask and Bob's yer uncle you have a disintegrating person.

I'm sure that there are better ways to do the process but I'm glad you liked it, Mars Attacks was the style that I was after so it must be working on some level!

R@nsid: I need to work on the effect a bit more and get the other 3 victims sorted too, part of that work will see the body evaporate faster.

Dave: Good idea, a few more frames coming up!

Cheers for your thoughts,

Mat.