[Extendflash] Soften Fill Edges

[Brooks Andrus]

Could, but the images in question are sometimes photos and other times
native vector graphics, or still other times a group of images and
consistency is what I'm ultimately trying to achieve. I use fireworks batch
processing capabilities in a number of cases, but it doesn't help me with
vector artwork done in Flash.

As to the question of a component, I'm not sure that I want a components
overhead in order to apply a mask, stroke and shadow. Perhaps, but I tend to
think of components as providing an api and more code-centric in
nature...that's not always the case, but this command is something that is
often used by people who have little or no understanding of the Flash IDE,
much less a component api...does that make sense?

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[mailto:extendflash-bounces at flashguru.co.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick Mineault
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 12:31 AM
To: extendflash at flashguru.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Extendflash] Soften Fill Edges

You should think of doing it using a Fireworks command, and THEN 
importing into Flash.

1stPIXEL wrote:

> Brooks Andrus schrieb:
>
>> Right, I currently have a command which takes a selected image and 
>> creates a
>> rounded corner mask, applies a stroke, creates a layer with a 40% 
>> opacity
>> fill, offsets it by several pixels to the right and left, I then have to
>> manually use the soften fill edges in order to create the soft shadow 
>> effect
>> I want.
>>
>> I know there are those who will argue this causes files size bloat, 
>> but it
>> falls within the acceptable limits of the project. I use this effect
>> repeatedly for thousands of images, and I'm looking to do away with the
>> monotony of the extra mouse clicks.
>>
> isn't this the ideal situation to create a component which does it for 
> you ?
>
> 1stpixel