# Onion Skin effect

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onion-skin-effect/174036>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 2, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onion-skin-effect/174036 "2006-01-02T05:07:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Histtin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Histtin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Histtin)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onion-skin-effect/174036/1 "2006-01-02T05:07:42Z")

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I’ve seen very cool animations in Flash movies that give off an onion skin effect/motion trail effect. Anyone know how this is done?