# Trace of light around a shape **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 15, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-of-light-around-a-shape/119447 "2004-08-15T00:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kmax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kmax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kmax)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-of-light-around-a-shape/119447/1 "2004-08-15T00:58:08Z")
Well I see it all the time but now I cant find an example… Ever see how people will make a trace of light go around the outline of a shape? I know how to do the motion etc… but I can seem to make the little trace of light look correct… Anyone know how everyone does this? thanks ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-of-light-around-a-shape/119447/2 "2004-08-15T01:05:33Z")
> [@kmax](#): > > Well I see it all the time but now I cant find an example… > > Ever see how people will make a trace of light go around the outline of a shape? > > I know how to do the motion etc… but I can seem to make the little trace of light look correct… > > Anyone know how everyone does this? > > thanks I think this is the sort of thing you mean; Its an extremely simple example but maybe will help you understand [http://www.gifsrus.com/testfile/simpleurMask.fla](http://www.gifsrus.com/testfile/simpleurMask.fla) ---
**Author:** ![kmax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kmax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kmax)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-of-light-around-a-shape/119447/3 "2004-08-15T01:09:53Z")
THANKS MAN! I get it… I was making it to hard! You just draw a line in whatever pattern you want… Then mask the line… and tween a basic gradient across it… Thanks again ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-of-light-around-a-shape/119447/4 "2004-08-15T01:15:36Z")
> [@kmax](#): > > THANKS MAN! > > I get it… I was making it to hard! > > You just draw a line in whatever pattern you want… > > Then mask the line… and tween a basic gradient across it… > > Thanks again Your welcome, there are tutorials dotted about on this but they tend to make it look harder than it actually is. ---
**Author:** ![kmax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kmax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kmax)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-of-light-around-a-shape/119447/5 "2004-08-15T01:28:06Z")
You still around? Can you look at with with me… It seems easy enough… but nothing shows when I test the movie… [http://www.videolinktechnologies.com/test.fla](http://www.videolinktechnologies.com/test.fla) thanks ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-of-light-around-a-shape/119447/6 "2004-08-15T01:34:09Z")
> [@kmax](#): > > You still around? > > Can you look at with with me… > It seems easy enough… but nothing shows when I test the movie… > > [http://www.videolinktechnologies.com/test.fla](http://www.videolinktechnologies.com/test.fla) > > thanks oops, forgot to tell you, you have to convert the lines to fills. ---
**Author:** ![kmax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kmax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kmax)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-of-light-around-a-shape/119447/7 "2004-08-15T01:36:08Z")
ahhh… will try… thanks… also, I see you used shape tweening… any reason you did not just use motion tween to send the graient across the screen? thanks so much for your time. ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-of-light-around-a-shape/119447/8 "2004-08-15T01:46:08Z")
> [@kmax](#): > > ahhh… will try… thanks… > > also, I see you used shape tweening… any reason you did not just use motion tween to send the graient across the screen? > > thanks so much for your time. no, it was just quickly made as an example for someone else ---
**Author:** ![kmax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kmax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kmax)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-of-light-around-a-shape/119447/9 "2004-08-15T01:47:47Z")
cool… yeah I got mine going now… rock & roll. well i will leave you alone now… thanks again… you are a credit the net community. kj