Cool mouse follow animation in Flash

Flash tutorial that shows how to create a neat little circle trail that follows your mouse.

View Tutorial: Mouse Dragging

Editor’s Review:

Very short, easy to follow Flash tutorial to create a neat little animation of circles that follow the users mouse as it moves around the Flash stage. Well written with commented code so it’s easy to follow along.

One note is the first step says:

First create two Movie Clip; one is for the smaller circle you can see above and the other for the rest of the circles.

Not sure why you need 2 movie clips… I just used one and changed the size of each one on the stage using the Transform Pallette. Either way, it’s still a short tutorial with a nice effect and leaves a lot of room for user experimentation to create more advanced mouse-trail effects.

Additional Info
Level: Beginner
Version: 5 and up
ActionScript: 2.0
Online example: Yes
Source files available: Yes
Video Tutorial: No