I’m trying to acheive an effect, through actionscript, of some sort of imaginary Light, as if the waving of a magic wand creates a sort of “mouse trail”. It doesn’t neccessarily have to be soft-edged (although it’d be nice). But I’d like something that fades out progressively as it is randomly waved (not by the mouse – on it’s own).
I wonder if anyone can point me to some sort of example I can take apart.
Maybe it’s more an AS thing than a drawing thing, but here’s what I’m imagining:
