# Magic swirl

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/magic-swirl/45658
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [March 16, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/magic-swirl/45658 "2004-03-16T21:18:24Z")
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### Author: ![jimhere](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/jimhere/32/137_2.png) [@jimhere](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimhere)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/magic-swirl/45658/1 "2004-03-16T21:18:24Z")

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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: