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I've been trying to animate my avatar a bit with some electrons moving along the lines leaving a short lived glowing trail... Kind of like the little sparkles in the header on the CoolBlueV2 theme on this site...

I just can't seem to figure out how to do it in flash tho...

Any pointers or suggestions ? Or if anyone knows a tutorial that may help I'd appreciate the info

I ususlly use a circle with the Alpha on the edges faded. For a trail I use a long rectangle with the trailing side Alpha faded. It's really about trial and error to see what looks right with the graphic thats underneath it.
Once you get one that you like, you can convert it to a movie clip and use it repeatedly.

can a avatar be a flash?

no, not on here. would have to be an animated gif.

bummer

Thanks for the hints... Gonna go play some more

I was bored today glod so I made this with my gif animator if you want it as avatar

Nicely done

I think I'm making progress with my version too, I should be done tweaking it in a year or three (I'm not great with graphics at the best of times)

Definitely gonna take a look at what you did with that one tho

If you don't mind.

i don't mind its u'rs to do what u want with