DropShadowFilter (flash.filters.DropShadowFilter)

Object
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  +-flash.filters.BitmapFilter
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    +-flash.filters.DropShadowFilter

public class DropShadowFilter
extends BitmapFilter

The DropShadowFilter class lets you add a drop shadow to a variety of objects in Flash. You have several options for the style of the drop shadow, including inner or outer shadow and knockout mode.

The use of filters depends on the object to which you apply the filter:

  • To apply filters to movie clips, text fields, and buttons at runtime, use the filters property. Setting the filters property of an object does not modify the object and can be undone by clearing the filters property.

  • To apply filters to BitmapData instances, use the BitmapData.applyFilter() method. Calling ...

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