Desired effect: narrow line across map with a moving spot

Here's what I'd like to do. I want to show a journey on a map by having a bright little spot moving along the road. I drew a black line along the road on a clear transparent sheet on top of the map, scanned it, and then used the video filter >channel>invert to make this line white on a black background. So, I have the route (a curving line matching the roadway) on a separate clip on V2 above the map on V1. The scales and alignment are not a problem. I have tried applying the alpha and luma travel mattes to make the black transparent (to show the background map). Also, I want to leave the white line transparent and use the moving highlight effect that I have successfully learnt from pages 295ff of Tom's manual.
I imagine that I would need two travel mattes, one alpha and the other luma, but I'm not having any success with the layering in the video tracks.
Could anyone suggest the next steps I should take please? I'd appreciate any suggestions if anyone has achieved this effect before. Thank you. Keith

Hi -
In a bit of a rush but here is some help -
Place the full Map BG on V1.
Place the white line you made on V2.
Place a solid color from the Generator Button > Matte > Color on V3. Double click on the clip on V3 and set the controls to white or whatever color you want you line to be.
Now Control click on the clip on V3 and from the drop down menu choose Composite Mode > Travel Matte Luma, and as soon as you click that you should see your line appear without background over the map on V1.
To animate the map, keyframe the crop controls on V2 to have the line grow in the direction of travel.
Once you get that set, get a soft oval from Generator Button > Shapes > Oval and edit that to V4. Double click on it and set the size, softness, and color you want your leading "spot" to be. Don't worry about position right now. The bigger you make it, the easier it will be to track the line below. Once you get the approx. size, softness, color, then control click on the clip of the oval on V4 and from the drop down menu choose Composite Mode > Add.
Now you should have a soft glowing oval.
Next at position keyframes that track the line movement that is being shown on V3 but caused by the crop keyframes on V2.
Hope this helps.
MtD

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        checkErr(viMapTrigger(instr, VI_TRIG_TTL6, VI_TRIG_TTL6, VI_NULL));
    When both TTL5 and TTL6 are setup using viMapTrigger() I get the following error when calling niTClk_ConfigureForHomogeneousTriggers() for the second group.  I am able to map one of the TTL lines across busses but not both. Any ideas?
    Error fffc2f4f: NI-TClk committed a session, and the instrument driver reported
    an error.
    Session index (starts at zero): 0
    Error reported by the instrument driver:
    DAQmx Error -89126 occurred:
    Trigger line requested could not be reserved because it is already in use.
    Property: Marker Event Output Terminal
    Destination Device: Scan1
    Status Code: -89126
    Status Code: -250033

    Hi tonys10,
    Why are you both manually mapping trigger lines using viMapTrigger AND automatically configuring the crosspoint switches using niTClk_ConfigureForHomogeneousTriggers?  When you use viMapTrigger you are reserving the trigger lines.  This may be why you receive the error.  I am assuming niTClk_ConfigureForHomogeneousTriggers is all you want to do.
    If you desire to manually map the trigger lines, please follow the instructions in the attached pdf.  These instructions are also documented in the NI-TClk Synchronization Help. 
    Please let me know if you have further questions or if this does not resolve your issue!
    Chad AE
    Applications Engineer

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