# Drawing BitmapData to Bitmap

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-bitmapdata-to-bitmap/287959
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 8, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-bitmapdata-to-bitmap/287959 "2009-05-08T14:50:28Z")
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### Author: ![mpelland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@mpelland](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mpelland)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-bitmapdata-to-bitmap/287959/1 "2009-05-08T14:50:28Z")

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Hey all,  
its early and i feel dump right now. I know that i have done this effect with AS2 but can’t seem to get it going in as3.

what i need to do is basically a motion trail on a bitmap.

I want to continuously draw a bitmap onto itself while previous versions are faded into the background, similar to a smoke type effect.

can someone point me in the right direction? probably something silly that i am missing.