Dec 12 2009
The default behavior of the uiWindow container is to cast a drop shadow when it is active in the foreground, and not do so when it is inactive or when it is maximized to fill the stage. This behavior is determined by the component instance’s background property value.
Nov 18 2009
Here is how you can draw an outline on text glyphs during run-time via ActionScript. This method works with embedded as well as non-embedded fonts.
Aug 08 2009
In the flash.filters package, you can find several image filter effects you can apply to any DisplayObject instance – BevelFilter, BlurFilter, ColorMatrixFilter, ConvolutionFilter, DisplacementMapFilter, DropShadowFilter, GlowFilter, GradientBevelFilter, and GradientGlowFilter.
To apply one or more of these image filter effects to a display object, set the filters property of the respective DisplayObject instance to an Array containing the filter object(s).
Jul 14 2009
Here is how to apply embossed (and engraved) text effect during run-time easily using ActionScript. This works only when the TextField instance is using embedded font and its antiAliasType property is set to AntiAliasType.ADVANCED.
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