hey i got it.. i think

my timing is a bit off on the streaks so it doesnt look that good yet
and i didnt start the max clip at 0 (you'll see what i mean)

ive attached the file if anyone wants...

thanks a lot rage =)

hmm i did that and all and when i view the animation it does look like something is moving, but the entire curve is still visible throughout the entire thing. ive attached the file, do you think you...

wow that worked out quite nicely, the neon paintbrush was just wat i needed too =)

only thing is you lost me on the animation part, im pretty new to maya and dind't understand what you meant by...

say i wanted to animate a sphere and as it moved a blue streak would appear behind it in the path that it travelled. but would only appear when the sphere moves and would dissappear at a rate i could...

wow, great stuff!! =) keep it up