ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

Color.setTransform() Method

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// Create the Color object

var boxColor = new Color("box");

// Set the color of box to the RGB triplet (R:201, G:160, B:21)

boxColor.setRGB(combineRGB(201, 160, 21));

The following example adds a convenient setRGB() method to all movie clips. It automati-

cally creates the necessary Color object and then calls the Color.setRGB() method:

MovieClip.prototype.setRGB = function (colorValue) {

new Color(this).setRGB(colorValue);

};

// Usage:

theClip_mc.setRGB(0xFF0000); // Set theClip_mc's color to red

See Also

Color.getRGB(), Color.setTransform()

Color.setTransform() Method

assign new offset and/or percentage values for Red, Green, Blue, and Alpha

Flash 5

colorObj.setTransform(transformObject)

Arguments

transformObject

An object whose properties contain the new color transformation values for

the target clip of

colorObj.

Description

The setTransform() method gives us precise control over the percentage and offset of the

Red, Green, Blue, and Alpha components of a movie clip’s color. To use setTransform(),

we must first create an object (normally an instance of the Object class) with a series of

predefined properties. The transformation we wish to apply to our Color object is

expressed using those properties, which are listed in Table R-5 ...