I want to create "dust effect" where the title turns to dust an blows away in Final Cut Studio.

I'm interested in creating a dust effect for two purposes. First, I'd like the title of my short film to turn to dust and blow away during the opening credits. Secondly, I was hoping to have the occasional fine plume of dust blow through the frame between the camera and the characters as they walk along a dirt road. I wasn't sure if this was even possible but I thought I'd ask. Thanks in advance for any thoughts!

Thanks for all the feedback! That's crazy because I initially did a "dust" search and the only threads that came up were people that got dirt/dust in their iPod, iPhone, camera, etc. I must have just made a general search, not Motion specific. Anyway, thanks again to everyone!
Oh, and for anyone interested I also found this:
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/neilandy/Exploding-Text_Apple-Motion1/video-tutorial
It's not exactly what I had in mind, but I think it could be modified to fit the purpose.

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