No track len

I downloaded several albums today (legally I might add), and most of them are fine, but one albums tracks do not have a length available on my player, or in the Creative MediaSource, i.e when I go to properties in CMS the track length is indicated as 00:00:00, and when the tracks are playing on my Zen Micro the left hand timer (time gone) goes up as normal, but the right hand timer (time left) stays at 00:00. I know this isn't a massi've problem, just slightly niggling, so I was wondering if anyone has had similar problems and has some remedies, or if I have to just li've with it.
[EDIT]: When I browse my computer and look at the track properties that way, the correct track lengths are shown.Message Edited by cjennings on 02-7-2005 0:08 PM

I have the same problem... Check these links below for more info. No solution yet!
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ry.id=0#M28336
or
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ery.id=0#M7053
or
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ery.id=0#M8354
Anyone got any ideas?

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Hello;
I wrote a small tracking system for my web site. I am trying
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I had this code on the index.cfm page of my site. I am
attempting to move it to the Application.cfc file. When I do, it
registers in the DB every time the user hits a page or clicks a
link. I don't want it to do that. I do want it to tell me when they
hit the site, and if I can what page they came in on.
Here is my code:
<cfquery name="tracking" datasource="my-DB"
dbtype="ODBC">
INSERT INTO tracking (REMOTE_ADDR, HTTP_USER_AGENT,
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VALUES('#REMOTE_ADDR#', '#HTTP_USER_AGENT#',
#CreateOdbcDateTime(now())#)
</cfquery>
My pageID is where I want the information on what page the
user came in on to go.
I placed teh query inside a session function code, but it
doesn't work at all right now, I need to limit the hits counted by
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user, I am trying to make it so if someone enters the site lets say
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#CreateOdbcDateTime(now())#)
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delimiters="/" index="variableSet">
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Phoenix

I did a dump and got it to error out, so it is recognizing
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it was erroring on the query attribute before in the session
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Looking for a lens

Looking for a lens that will take sharp flower, bug photography, but also sharp portrait pictures. Thank you!

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There are other ways to do close-up photgraphy.
You can use "close up diopters" -- these are filters that thread onto the front of your lens (like a jeweler's magnifying loupe). They're much less expensive, but not as versatile and you may notice the image quality around the edges of the frame aren't quite as good.
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--E-PU Audit Review of Purchase Orders to AP Invoices Workstation Ver 1 ZP 2011 02 14
--DESCRIPTION: SQL shows ONLY those lines from the Purchase Orders or Goods Receipts or AP Invoice that are still open and needing to be worked.
--AUTHOR(s):
--Version 1 Zal Parchem 14 Feb 2011
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Hello Forum,
We have a busy system, and the developers have fallen in love with temporary tables.
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Is it possible to track ipad4 if is stolen and if they get access to your ipad?

my ipad was stolen trying to track it down but having no luck

If the iPad was running iOS 7, the thief/finder will not ever be able to use it.
iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
Apple (and no one else) can not assist (with serial number or iCloud) in finding a lost or stolen iPad.
Report to police along with serial number. Change all your passwords.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2526
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5668
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http://stolen-ipad.com/
How to recover a lost or stolen iPad
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How to Find a Stolen iPad
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Oops! iForgot My New iPad On the Plane; Now What?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303459004577362194012634000.html
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http://www.ipadastic.com/tutorials/how-to-find-your-ipad-serial-number
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4061
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http://www.stolenlostfound.org/online-stolen-ipad-database
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 Cheers, Tom

PS CS2 lens correction causes "Maximize Compatibility" issue in LR

Question: why does PS CS2/3 convert the layer "Background" to "Layer 0"?
This is the problem (and solution):
I encountered the widely discussed "Maximize Compatiblity" issue with a bunch of PSD files (slide scans) that contained only one layer. Puzzled as I was that the layer thing apparently could not cause the problem, I reopened some of those files in PS CS3 and I noticed that each of them had had a lens correction. Just to make sure I was on the right track I applied a lens correction to a file that had been already imported into LR successfully and used the SaveAs command and unchecked the Maximize Compatibility option. The new file could not be imported into LR. So no more lens corrections? - I thought.
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I can now apply this trick to all troublesome files that have had lens corrections and thus avoid the huge increase in file size (130MB is a lot already).
Now I write this for those of you who have the same problem and are still puzzled (to help out) but I also would like to have some insight into why PS CS2/3 lens corrections mess with the layers.
Thanks.

>My conclusion would be that LR can only import PSD files that meet the following requirements:
>1. must contain only one layer
>2. that layer must be called "Background"
Your conclusion is only partially correct.
Lightroom will import multi-layered PSD files that have been saved with the preference for "Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility" set to On. This is clearly stated in the Release Notes and Help documents:
>Photoshop format (PSD)
>Photoshop format (PSD) is the standard Photoshop file format. To import and work with a multi-layered PSD file in Lightroom, the file must have been saved in Photoshop with the Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility preference turned on. Youll find the option in the Photoshop file handling preferences. Lightroom saves PSD files with a bit depth or 8 bits or 16 bits per channel.
As to the original point -
PS CS2 lens correction causes "Maximize Compatibility" issue in LR.
Photoshop renaming Background Layer to Layer 0 is a Photoshop issue, not Lightroom. When it occurs the files effectively becomes a multi-layered file, even if there is only one layer (i.e layer 0). Why using the Lens Correction filter causes the background layer to be renamed is currently unclear, but I have raised it in the "appropriate" place. In the meantime, I recommend that you set the Maximise Compatibility preference to
Always. Doing so will save non layered files as normal and multi-layered will have the
necessary* composite preview. You can continue to use the flatten command to fix the errant files.
*Enabling the Maximise Compatibility preference ensures that Photoshop creates a composite preview of multi-layered images. It is intended to enable applications that can't read layers to preview the images. Lightroom cannot read multi-layered files, therefore the composite preview MUST be present in such files.
>Has anyone noticed different behaviour with the Lr v2 beta? I'd hate to double the size of all my multilayer PSDs just so they can load into Lr(?)
Lr 2.0 will function as per Lr1.x; i.e. not using Maximize Compatibility when saving multi-layered files will mean that they are not compatible with Lr2.0.

AAE: how to track eyes to position photos of my face

Hi,
I have been taking photos of my face for already more than two years. Now I am trying to create a short movie with those pictures.
My problem: although I tried to take identical photos I am always positioned a little bit different than the day before.
Until today I used some really basic programs: a foil on my monitor and Paint to move the picture to the right place, Irfanview to trim the pictures and finally Moviemaker to create the movie. You can imagine how much effort it is if you have to deal with more than 800 photos.
That's why I thought I could try it with Adobe After Effects using the tracking function. I already watched several tutorials and read some instructions but because I want to create a movie composed of photos and not movie-clips I didn't find a way how to deal with the problem. My idea was that AAE finds both my eyes, moves the picture to the right position and resizes it if necessary. Finally it should trim all pictures to get a proper shape.
Do you know if that's possible with After Effects or is there another program I should use?
Thanks for your help,
Andy

Won't work. you have to do it manually. AE has no way to detect features across temporally and spatially inconsistent data, which a time-lapse sequence is. There are a few experimental programs out there, but they are usually not publicly available and only research. AE can help you with the scaling and warping by using blending modes liek Difference or reducing opacity just as effects like Mesh Warp or Optics Compensation may be useful for correcting intra-image warping and lens distortion, but it would still require a lot of manual work. Likewise, the panorama merge and Merge to HDR in Photoshop could potentially be used to create some baseline layered PSDs with aligned layers, but you will still have to fine tune everything later.
Mylenium

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Dim RecordNumber As Integer
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txtduration.Text = ""
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txtGenre.Text = ""
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txtTrackID.Text = Tracks.ToString
txtartist.Text = Tracks.Artist
txtBlurb.Text =
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txtGenre.Text = Tracks.Genre
txttitle.Text = Tracks.Title
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Me.Close()
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'set the filename
Filename = "Tracks.dat"
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FileOpen(1, FileName, OpenMode.Random, , , Len(Tracks))
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numofrecords = LOF(1) / Len(Tracks)
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FileClose(1)
Tracks.TrackID = numofrecords + 1
txtTrackID.Text = Tracks.TrackID
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'clear list box
lstsongs.Items.Clear()
'headings
lstsongs.Items.Add(String.Format(Tableformat, "Track ID", "Title", "Artist", "Genre", "Duration", "Era"))
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lstsongs.Items.Add(String.Format(Tableformat, _
Tracks.TrackID, _
Tracks.Title, Tracks.Artist, Tracks.Genre, _
Tracks.Duration, Tracks.era))
Loop
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Private Sub lblDebug_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lblDebug.Click
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Hello,
Since a ListBox displays text then when you have a selected item simply use the Text property of the ListBox rather than SelectedItem which would be used if the data source was say an object i.e. setting the ListBox DataSource to a DataTable then we would
cast SelectedItem to a DataRowView but if all you have is text using the ListBox Text property.
Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help, this will help others who are looking for solutions to the same or similar problem.

Question about multiple audio tracks

Hello,
I see that imovie has only 2 audio tracks available when creating a movie. I need more than two since I will be working with a voiceover track, a soundtrack and at least one background/environment track all at one time. I won't be able to use the sound recorded with the video so that "track" is not an option.
My question is; Am I out of luck here and need to spend the 1K for studio pro to add more multiple audio tracks?
Also, I tried working with garageband but since all of my audio tracks import in at a minimum of 40 beats per minute, the voiceovers are all sped up and sound chipmunky.
Thanks for any help!

Well I didn't mean to irritate you...LOL And yes, I realize that this is the iM 6 forum but the gist of my question was related to multiple audio tracks in iM and thought I would ask about it in the forum pertaining to the latest release.
I had already posted a question in the GB forum regarding the bpm problem and found no answers so I was pretty much about to shelve that idea and forgo the whole garageband thing; this without knowing about the new "swap" features. I just updated to iM 6 yesterday.
As far as the "on-tape" raw audios: I was working on my movie in iM4. I wanted to add more audio bits but I don't have a proper mic for my G5 so I recorded the audio bits on dv8 tape through my camcorder. I imported the video (the image was the inside of my lens cap!), extracted the audio, took those audio files and imported them into GarageBand. That's when I noticed the bpm problem.
I'm sorry about the lack of info I originally gave but like I said, I had pretty much gave up on the idea of using GarageBand. I'm pretty new at this and I'm trying to decide what I need in terms of software to get what I want out of my movie. I'd be willing to pay for FCxp but still looking into whether I need to do just that or whether I can get by by using imovie and now it looks like GarageBand too.
ah, thanks for that
what irritates me, Prince wrote:
The audio tracks were voiceovers that came from my
dv8tape, imported into imovie4.
... ehm, but this is the iM 6(six) section, as said,
iM 6 allows now "swapping" files with GB3... (I'm way
back in the 90ies.... see my specs... )
so, video is in some iM, and he wants to use the
actual "on-tape" raw audios...
I thnik we need a little more detail...

Film noise / lens flare in cs4?

Hi,
Years ago I used to use Premiere 6 - real old school!
It had a great effect, listed in the Quick Time folder within video effects, which allowed you to add film noise (random scratch marks) and lens flare so that your movie looked like it had been shot on an old super 8 or something similar.
I now have CS4 but can't find an the same effect in there. Surely it's possible to do - they can't have LOST an effect in development over all these years?!
Any ideas greatly appreciated!
cheers

Looking at my XP version of WMM (not the more recent Live version), I see Film Age, Old, Older and Oldest, plus Film Grain. All could be useful.
One can also Keyframe the fixed Effect>Opacity to get "flicker." If one wants the "flicker" to go lighter, then just place a Color Matte (white) on Video Track 1 and the footage on Video Track 2, then apply those Keyframed Opacity Effect.
If you are thinking about doing the "aging" in Pr 6.0, you might want to look into doing an Export from CS4 and working on that. Something like DV-AVI Type II should be fine, but maybe even using the Lagarith Lossless CODEC (if Pr 6.0 supports it, and I think that it will), and then Exporting from Pr 6.0 to Lagarith.
If you use WMM, you would do similar, but I rather doubt that it will process the Lagarith Lossless CODEC (might want to experiment), and then Export as DV-AVI Type I. This file should Import into CS4 fine, though it is slightly different than DV-AVI Type II. One possible issue might be Video and Audio going OSS (Out Of Sync), but when this happens, it's usually static OOS, and not dynamic OOS, so it's easy to fix. Another workflow would be to Export as DV-AVI Type I and use a conversion program (plenty of free ones, like Prism) to convert to DV-AVI Type II.
One consideration is that since ultimate quality is not what you want, not even worrying about something like Lagarith Lossless, as a little more degradation might actually help you achieve your goal - Old Film.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS - Also, the Effect>Strobe might be useful?

Quick and DIRTY Canon S90 lens correction

From ACR 6.1 choose the Canon G10 profile, make it the default for the S90, set Distortion slider to 85, CA slider to 105, Vignette left at default 100. I picked the values examining a 6mm (widest) brick wall image, then checked tracking for other focal lengths. Does a surprisingly good job, certainly adequate for 99% of my S90 images.
Richard Southworth

LR does not ship with a separate profile for each body, against each lens. The camera model info here, AFAICT just notifies you what camera the lens was mounted on, when the profile was created.
The same profile can quite happily work for other camera models too - even so far as, automatically extracting just the relevant middle coverage out of a FF lens profile, to correct images taken from a crop sensor body with the same lens mounted. (This will of course not work the other way around).
The profile's aim is to characterise the lens optical performance, which does not per se change when you move it between cameras - (although this may not be quite 100% precise, e.g. in terms of vignetting off microlenses etc, it is normally quite good enough IMO). In the past, profiles used to address CA as well, and I believe this issue was more sensor dependent (the newer LR CA correction does not depend on the profile).
If the need is a critical one, then your individual lens copy and your individual camera body can be used to "close the loop", and generate an empirically "perfect" custom profile. It's not very hard to print out and photograph the special targets, and then run the free DNG Profile utility; you can put as much or as little effort as you like into the number of focal lengths and apertures that you include. But if the supplied standard profile is good enough to save you that trouble altogether, it may not matter that it is not the theoretical best.
AFAICT, the installed / downloaded profile is likely more subject to LENS sample variation (between your lens, and the one used to make the profile) - than, anything to do with using a different camera model.
RP

Lens shopping help, things to consider.

Because this is a new forum with very few members from the forums I belong to, and one with a lot of questions from people who appear to be fairly new to DSLR’s I thought I’d start a discussion on picking lenses & the flaws in a lot of the internet advice out there. There is a lot more to buying the right lens than just buying the one with the best Image Quality (IQ) when tested by one of the major review sites. Fixed focal length (primes) will almost always get the higher rating when compared to zooms, and in general the more expensive lenses will get the higher rankings. That’s all well & good but very few of us have the required skill set & technique to get even close to to the last few percent of IQ they can deliver while hand holding. If you’re strictly a tripod shooter, you may get close, but that’s not likely the case when shooting without it. Very high shutter speeds help, but you can’t rely on being able to use them for the majority of your shooting.
Relying on user reviews is helpful but that also has it’s flaws because many users don’t have good enough technique to properly evaluate their lens. Many only shoot in Auto or Program mode, and they don’t hold their camera / lens steady enough for the shutter speed the camera selects. Many don’t even know the proper way to hold a long lens, and the longer (more MM’s it covers) the more important it becomes to both hold it steady & use a higher shutter speed.
So what does this mean? I’m suggesting that far too many are trying to pick lenses that don’t fit the job at hand which is getting the shot. Zooms although lower in IQ are more versatile & offer a lot more opportunities than a sharper prime, but more importantly most of us, myself included, will be hard pressed to see that difference in our photos. That doesn’t mean you buy the cheapest version of a lens that has the range you’re shopping for, it means that you should buy the best you can afford and learn how to use it to it’s potential. Putting the purchase off until you can afford the very best in class will cost you a lot of missed photos, & some of those could have been your best work to date.
I’m sure there are other opinions on this & hopefully others will add their thoughts & experiences. I’ve gone through a lot of lenses over the last few years trying to find the very best for my needs, which aren’t mainstream, & I’ve settled on lenses many say aren’t worth buying. It’s a very good thing I didn’t give up & found out who to believe when reading user reviews at different sites.
"A skill is developed through constant practice with a passion to improve, not bought."

Image Stabalizers are a very desirable feature , especially for older people like myself. Each lens maker has a different name for it but the idea is the same BUT most consumer grade lenses don't have a setting that allows you to use it while panning (tracking a moving target. IS (AKA OS, VC or VR) is primarily designed to help reduce camera shake while hand holding & shooting a stationary subject. It should be turned off when using a tripod or panning unless it has a panning mode. If it isn't turned off you'll get soft (or slightly fuzzy) images that look a little out of focus. Imagine how many bad user reviews that switch has caused. If the lens does have a panning mode switch don't forget to set it to match your intended use. With Canon lenses Mode 1 is for stationary subjects & Mode 2 is the panning mode. If your lens only has an ON / OFF switch turn IS off to pan.
"A skill is developed through constant practice with a passion to improve, not bought."

55-250mm Telephoto Zoom Lens help

I can not get a sharp image with this lens no matter what I do.
please can someone help me.
I tried taking pictures of some birds this morning and they are not sharp at all.
I used a tripod too.
thanks.Tina

We would probably need to see your image (along with the embedded EXIF data so we can see the camera settings that were used for it.)
But I'll offer a few general tips...
The default shooting mode of most bodies is to use "One Shot" mode. Canon bodies have a "One shot" mode, an "AI Servo" mode, and then a special mode called "AI Focus" which really just means the camera evalutes whether it should use One Shot vs. AI Servo mode on the fly.
In "One Shot" mode, the camera uses "Focus Priority" and does NOT focus continuously for moving subjects. Once it locks focus on something it's ready to shoot but it will not adjust the focus for a moving object. This means that at some point your subject was in focus... but has since moved from that position. You can fix this by switching to AI Servo mode.
In "AI Servo" mode, the camera WILL focus continuously... as your subject moves, the camera will continue to adjust focus... but the camera also uses "release priority" when in AI Servo mode. So whereas in One Shot mode (which uses "focus priority"), if you press the button all the way, the camera will not actually take the shot until it can lock focus first (which is why some people think their camera is malfunctioning when it wont take a photo in a very dark room -- because it can't lock focus) -- in "AI Servo" mode (which uses "release priority") the camera WILL take the shot when you fully press the button and it will do this whether it has had time to focus or not (so that's an important detail to remember). Half press to get the camera to lock focus and keep tracking your subject with your focus point (and it will continuously focus)... then fully press the button to take the shot .
The EF-S 55-250mm lens does not have particularly fast focusing motors... the STM lenses are faster and the USM lenses are the fastest. Action photographers will specifically seek lenses with fast focusing motors... without a fast motor, sometimes it may not be possible for a lens to track focus adequately -- however Canon does use "predictive" focus when tracking an object whose distance to your camera is changing at a uniform rate.
Also... you'll want to give yourself a nice broad depth of field so that a small amount of focus error wont really impact the final outcome. It will be easier to keep things in acceptable focus at f/11 (or even f/16) than it is when you're using a lower f-stop such as f/4 or f/5.6.
BTW, Canon does not recommend just leaving the camera in AI Servo mode. It turns out there are some nuances of the way this works which can trick the camera into thinking there was movement and altering focus when taking a non-action shot... resulting in missed focus. Use "One Shot" when shooting non-action. Use "AI Servo" when shooting action. I don't actually recommend "AI Focus" (that's the mode that auto-decides if it's an action shot or not) BECAUES there's a slight delay while the camera evaluates which mode to use and that can cause you to miss the "decisive moment" to grab the shot.
Hope this helps... I'll try to find the YouTube videos that Canon has which explain how your auto-focus system works. It is quite informative and tells you more about how your camera "thinks" when it comes to focus.
Tim Campbell
5D II, 5D III, 60Da

Motion 3 - motion tracking help

I am rather new to Apple Motion, so I apologize in advance for any novice comments or inquiries. That being said, I have extensive experience with video shooting/editing/graphics withing the Adobe family products. In this instance however, I am required to use Apple Motion.
My question is simple (I hope). I have a short video that has been motion tracked - selected a definable area on the motion and created keys frames to track the motion. I have then overlayed a graphic of a "dot" to highlight the motion of the initial video. The dot is subsequently matching the motion perfectly and is in sync with the underlying video. My question is this:
How do I add a "tail" effect to the dot - similar to a lens blur - so that the motion of the dot is highlighted a bit more. The concept is the same as having a "tail" on your computer mouse. I thought this would be easy.
More preferably - i would like to attach a paint stroke, as a light trail to the initial motion tracking (instead of the dot + tail). Apple's light trails are much more aesthetically pleasing and look better than the animated dot mentioned above.
In any case, I'm sure the above task is easily accomplished for an experienced Motion user, but alas I am struggling. Thanks in advance for your answers!!!

There is a trail effect in the filters, but I'm not a fan of it. Do do a light streak type of effect, I'd probably utilize the particle emitter.
Create an emitter from your dot (E), and set the speed of your emitter to 0. Match move the emitter to your tracked footage. Use the color over life parameters and birth rate to tweak the emitter and create your "light streak".
Specialcase has a wonderful tutorial that covers exactly what you're trying to do. Here it is:
[Light Writing|http://www.motionsmarts.com/tutorials/finger/finger.html]
Hope this helps.
Andy

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