The BlurFilter class, new in Flash 8, provides a simple way of applying a blur visual effect to some types of objects. The old fashion way of doing this was to create a blurred image in another program (Adobe Photoshop for example) then with the help of some Action Script coding, to create a transition between the original picture and the blurred one, by modifying the transparency parameter.

Blur effect in Flash 8 is determined by 3 parameters:

If you want to get the full picture, you have to learn how to apply the filter with a simple Action Script code, because you may need to change the effect at run time and this is the only options.

import flash.filters.BlurFilter; // importing the blurr class
blur_X=5; // setting horizontal blur
blur_Y=5; // setting vertical blur
qual=3; // setting quality
var filter:BlurFilter = new BlurFilter(blur_X,blur_Y,qual);
var filterss:Array = new Array();
filterss.push(filter);
r.filters = filterss; // we named our rectangle "r"

To learn more about how to add, change or delete a filter, go to the Drop Shadow Filter page.

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