I never said it was perfect! :)  I did delete about eight frames at the start of the anim in Animation Shop to make the file size smaller, so it didn't quite just materialize :)

At the end of the day it was just a quick idea that required no node wizardry for people (example me) who don't know the ins and outs of the nodes.  I'd love to have the better version of depth cue too.

And I know, it didn't have GC enabled either! :)