The Effect>Generate>Beam effect is used to create a line. The effect has two positions, each representing the ends of a line. Here's an example of what I did with three renditions of the Beam effect -
http://www.broadcastgems.com/MediaServer01/TrackingTest_PavementLeaves_01.m...
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RoRK
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