Fading Trail Effect for AS3 Flash Particle Animations – a Simple Example

If you’d like to start creating your own cool particle effects, this tutorial is for you. We use one particle and explain how to code the effect of a particle leaving a fading ‘ghostly’ trail while moving. We also explain how to draw to a Bitmap, which is at the heart of most particle effects. And how to use ColorTransform.

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