[Flashcoders] Drop Shadow Rendering Issue

2005-10-08 Thread Michael Bedar
I have a MovieClip, lets call it "mc_holder" that I am creating, drawing a rectangle in, and then applying a dropshadow filter.. Inside "mc_holder", I am creating an "image_holder" MC, inside of which I am creating several MC's, each of which is having an Image Loaded into it

Re: [Flashcoders] Drop Shadow Rendering Issue

2005-10-08 Thread Mike Britton
Why don't you create a new mc behind image_holder, draw a rectangle in it and apply the DropShadowFilter to it? Better yet, create one mc specifically for the DropShadowFilter and duplicate it. Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.fi

Re: [Flashcoders] Drop Shadow Rendering Issue

2005-10-08 Thread Michael Bedar
I ended up making a new mc just for the shadow... I was somewhat attached to the idea of just adding filters to the main container however, so its a shame it appears to be buggy. On Oct 8, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Mike Britton wrote: Why don't you create a new mc behind image_holder, draw a rect

Re: [Flashcoders] Drop Shadow Rendering Issue

2005-10-08 Thread Mike Britton
I went through the same thing and was disappointed to discover that for dropshadows, we may be better off still using imported pngs. Glad you sorted it out. Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/

Re: [Flashcoders] Drop Shadow Rendering Issue

2005-10-08 Thread Alain Rousseau
You should approach drop shadows in Flash the same way you do in Photoshop (or similar). It's allways best to put your shadow in a separate layer if you want to tweek it, move it, distort it, etc ... Do the same in flash and you will have less problems ! Mike Britton wrote: I went through th