# Movie clip alpha trail

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-alpha-trail/47732
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 6, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-alpha-trail/47732 "2004-04-06T20:15:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![massive3215](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/massive3215/32/253_2.png) [@massive3215](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/massive3215)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-alpha-trail/47732/1 "2004-04-06T20:15:06Z")

</div>

I’m having trouble getting my movieclips to have trails that fade behind it. I’m having the dupilcate movieclips delete themselves once their alpha reaches a certain point. Any idea what’s wrong with my code? I’m pretty sure it has something to do with the counters.

You can view my fla here: [http://www.immeldesign.com/help/helpMe!.fla](http://www.immeldesign.com/help/helpMe!.fla)

Thanks!