I am making a Flash movie (the cartoon character) with my grandkids. How can I make the lightning trail effects that come off the Flash as he runs.   thanks 

Please explain what the red lines mean. See screen shot.   Thanks, 

Thanks guys. I watched the video and figured out how to change the size of the mask but the simplest approach using 2 clips, one with the child and one without using no mask worked the best. 

I am trying to make it look like a child is walking through a wall. I want to gradually make her disappear. I drew a mask shape to the left of the child using the custom mask tool. My idea is to make it look like she in walking through the wall by gradually expanding the mask so it will eventually cover the whole child and she would no longer be ...

disc tab is back for me also.

Thanks guys. I got it.

At the left upper portion of the export screen. Under export there is file tab on the left and disc tab on the right.

Normally when I am working on the timeline and click the export tab a new page comes up that gives me the option to export to file or disc. I have lost these options and can only export to file. 

Thanks, but I need a reply in English. Also I don't have Studio Backlot anymore.

I have successfully used studio 23 for over 2 years but today the program would not open. I tried to do a repair from the disc but it failed. I got a message uninstall has encountered a problem. I clinked x on the pop up window and it then finished the repair process. But the program would not open after the repair. So I then did a complete ...