The Basic Approach

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The way motion trails work is pretty simple. Let’s say that we have a circle that is moving from left to right.

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Motion trails exaggerate the direction of movement by showing you where your object was just a few moments earlier. For this circle, you may see something like this:

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How far back your motion trails go and what it looks like are all things under your control. In this case, our motion trail gets smaller and more faded the further away from the source that you go.

Thinking about motion trails is easy. Visualizing them is pretty easy. Implementing them is pretty easy as well…once you understand how exactly they work. The main ...