Hi, I have one point in my movie where a sword is moving across the screen. I would like to make the sword have a fading trail that follows it, how do i do this? I want to do it the right way too, not just cpoying the image and putting an alpha on it and having it follow the main sword. Is there a real way to do this?
Actionscript is the best way. Do a search for mouse trailers. You have probably seen a custom mouse on a flash site that trails various shapes when you move it. It is the same concept.
I’ve checked the search, i can find some stuff on mouse trails. But i can figure out how to make a fading trail for a graphic or movie clip.
I think you’re referring to a onion skin effect, here’s a link to a tutorial…
there was a thread in the AS section in the forums. i posted several flas which use actionscript to do the trailer. one is for a mouse trailer, another is scripted motion and the last (the one you probably need) is for a movie clip which is tween across the screen. the AS duplicates the movie clip 5 times and makes it follow the movie clip that is ahead of it using inertia. it’s pretty simple scripting although i wish i could figure out a function that makes the movie clip follow the one ahead of it. my scrit is more manual. (if anyone can figure out a function please tell me!) here is the link to the thread motion trailer stuff
if you need help with it just tell me although it’s mostly explained in detail in the thread. hope it helps 
-mike
read this thread. it shows how to do this effect but using AS which requires a lot less effort than the link in the previous post. check it out… motion trailer link
