# Leaving trails behind a moving object?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/leaving-trails-behind-a-moving-object/20931
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [May 14, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/leaving-trails-behind-a-moving-object/20931 "2003-05-14T22:20:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@rowey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rowey)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/leaving-trails-behind-a-moving-object/20931/1 "2003-05-14T22:20:54Z")
i have an object on a motion path and want it to leave a solid trail of itself when it moves (no fade and stage isn’t cleared)
any help would be great, my actionscript is pretty basic
cheers
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/leaving-trails-behind-a-moving-object/20931/2 "2003-05-14T23:45:54Z")
try a shap tween…just like if you had a box…i will make an example. hold on
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/leaving-trails-behind-a-moving-object/20931/3 "2003-05-14T23:51:05Z")
like htis? simple really, just increase the size.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/leaving-trails-behind-a-moving-object/20931/4 "2003-05-15T09:28:41Z")
thanks, but that’s not quite what i’m after.
the kind of effect i want is like someone drawing freehand on the screen, the dot of their paintbrush is moving and all the places it has been before its mark is left
–hope this is a better explanation
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/leaving-trails-behind-a-moving-object/20931/5 "2003-05-15T14:58:20Z")
did you try a Repeating movie clip?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/leaving-trails-behind-a-moving-object/20931/6 "2003-05-15T15:51:22Z")
how is that done?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/leaving-trails-behind-a-moving-object/20931/7 "2003-05-15T20:16:58Z")
basically your telling flash to leave your image at the same place and then fade away… (and eventually unload the image)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/leaving-trails-behind-a-moving-object/20931/8 "2003-05-15T21:13:22Z")
maybe this will help? if this is what your are trying to do