# Lineto a moving clip?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lineto-a-moving-clip/176894>\
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**Created:** [January 27, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lineto-a-moving-clip/176894 "2006-01-27T19:47:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Clark](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Clark)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lineto-a-moving-clip/176894/1 "2006-01-27T19:47:19Z")

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Hi people, I have an mc elastically following the mouse on the main stage and I want to have it trace a line behind it. Anyone know how to do this? I know this can be done by duplicating movie clips but this just kicks the memory’s arse after no time at all.

Is there a way I could use lineto commands to keep it running smoother?

I noticed there are a couple of things on [yugop.com](http://yugop.com) called linex50 and circlex3 that are leaving immensly complex trails without eating up memory: [http://yugop.com/ver3/index.asp?id=16](http://yugop.com/ver3/index.asp?id=16)

Thanks in advance…