I was being silly. A night's sleep has cleared things up.
All I needed to do was draw less circles. In other words, check whether I'd
already drawn a circle anywhere near the current drawing position, and if I
had, don't draw a new circle.
Gave me a blistering speed increase.

Thanks!
  Ian

On 2/2/06, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Gregory,
>   Thanks for that.
>
>   I am basically plotting/drawing a circle at each point the mouse moves
> to while clicked. (This isn't a paint package, it's for something else
> entirely - which is why I'm not drawing lines...)
>
>   I had already got as far as trying rectangles - they are indeed a lot
> faster, just not as pretty. :-) They are my fallback position if I can't get
> anything better to work.
>
>   I can't quite see why the MovieClip option would work - but I'm willing
> to have a go. I'll let you know how it works out.
>
> Many thanks,
>   Ian
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