Dash Effect

I've been looking through the effects that C2 can generate and have not yet found this. How to make an object show a cool dash animation in any direction it travels.

Similarly how to make it's trail behind it glow like a comet's tail.

Thanks for the help. I'm sure this is a simple question.

I am bumping this question I had forgotten to give it a title other than How do I at first and I edited it to be more specific. I'm trying to make this dash animation/effect follow a circle in all directions it can travel, which is 360 degrees. It's a super simple game my friend and I are making so this small detail is holding us up. Thanks for your help Scirra members!

Is it similar to this?

Xavier

Yes thank you I will use the particle method!