# Hey, can anyone tell me how to modify this effect? (url included) **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [August 24, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hey-can-anyone-tell-me-how-to-modify-this-effect-url-included/62008 "2004-08-24T03:27:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArucasA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@ArucasA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArucasA)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hey-can-anyone-tell-me-how-to-modify-this-effect-url-included/62008/1 "2004-08-24T03:27:38Z")
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2]Hey guys, I want to do the same effect this person shows in his tutorial: [http://www.tutorialoutpost.com/count/795](http://www.tutorialoutpost.com/count/795) …the only difference is, in the tutorial it shows you how to get the ‘glowing dot’ to move along minor curves or in a line… I’d like to have this neat effect occur on a circle… is there a curve tool of sorts that can make the dot go along in a complete 360º circle? Thanks! -A. [/size][/font] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hey-can-anyone-tell-me-how-to-modify-this-effect-url-included/62008/2 "2004-08-24T04:52:10Z")
pretty sure you could use a motion guide. have a search in the flash help files for motion guide. sorry i can’t explain in anymore detail at the moment. about to go out. good luck. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hey-can-anyone-tell-me-how-to-modify-this-effect-url-included/62008/3 "2004-08-24T04:53:24Z")
this might get you on the right path: [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/circular.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/circular.htm) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hey-can-anyone-tell-me-how-to-modify-this-effect-url-included/62008/4 "2004-08-24T05:03:31Z")
Ah, hey thanks I followed that link… the problem is though my circle isn’t a 100% perfect circle… (photoshop: transform–\> distort) so the circle has an angle to it… in fact I don’t even want the dotted glow to make the full circle anymore, maybe just 3/4… maybe the image will help me explain 🙂 [http://daveho.home-net.d2g.com/banner.gif](http://daveho.home-net.d2g.com/banner.gif) The outer circle is what I want to have the moving glowing dot for… hope that helps! -Dave ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hey-can-anyone-tell-me-how-to-modify-this-effect-url-included/62008/5 "2004-08-24T05:09:06Z")
motion path ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hey-can-anyone-tell-me-how-to-modify-this-effect-url-included/62008/6 "2004-08-24T18:51:34Z")
yea, motion guide, coz then if its a complete circle, it will repeat seamlessly ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hey-can-anyone-tell-me-how-to-modify-this-effect-url-included/62008/7 "2004-08-24T18:52:08Z")
\<\\> Okay, I got the line to go at the exact (almost) angle of the circle… the only problem now is that the glowing dot isnt moving as I motion tweened it too! Please help! [http://daveho.home-net.d2g.com/banner.fla](http://daveho.home-net.d2g.com/banner.fla) \<-- the file! 🙂 -A. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hey-can-anyone-tell-me-how-to-modify-this-effect-url-included/62008/8 "2004-08-24T21:47:06Z")
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2]Just an explanation, instead of using the line tool… I drew a circle, deleted the fill so I only had the outline of a circle left, then selected the outline, modify–\>transform–\>distort and make it almost identical to the circle from the .gif… and the rest of the steps i copied tutorial, but instead of the light following the circle outline, it just moves from where it starts to end in a straight line… skips the whole circle, maybe im not allowed to do it this way? -A. Flash MX (non 2004 version) [http://daveho.home-net.d2g.com/bannermx.fla](http://daveho.home-net.d2g.com/bannermx.fla) [/size][/font]