Creating Bitmap Filters in ActionScript

Simple application to create Bitmap filters using actionscript.

package {

import flash.display.Sprite;

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

import flash.filters.BevelFilter;

import flash.filters.BitmapFilter;

import flash.filters.BitmapFilterQuality;

import flash.filters.BitmapFilterType;

public class FilterExamples extends Sprite

{

private var bgColor:uint = 0xFFCC00;

       private var size:uint    = 80;

       private var offset:uint  = 50;

        private var sp:Sprite = new Sprite();

/*  */

public function FilterExamples()

{

draw();

sp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, showGlow);

addChild(sp);

}

/*  */

private function draw():void

{

sp.graphics.beginFill(bgColor);

sp.graphics.drawRect(offset,offset,size,size);

sp.graphics.endFill();

}

/*  */

private function getBitmapFilter():BitmapFilter

{

            var distance:Number       = 5;

            var angleInDegrees:Number = 45;

            var highlightColor:Number = 0xFFFF00;

            var highlightAlpha:Number = 0.8;

            var shadowColor:Number    = 0x0000FF;

            var shadowAlpha:Number    = 0.8;

            var blurX:Number          = 5;

            var blurY:Number          = 5;

            var strength:Number       = 5;

            var quality:Number        = BitmapFilterQuality.HIGH;

            var type:String           = BitmapFilterType.INNER;

            var knockout:Boolean      = false;

            return new BevelFilter(distance, angleInDegrees, highlightColor,

                                   highlightAlpha, shadowColor, shadowAlpha,

                                   blurX, blurY, strength,

                                   quality, type, knockout);

}

/*  */

private function showGlow(event:MouseEvent):void

{

//graphics.clear();

//draw();

var filter:BitmapFilter = getBitmapFilter();

var myFilter:Array = [];

myFilter.push(filter);

sp.filters = myFilter;

sp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, onRollout);

}

/*  */

private function onRollout(event:MouseEvent):void

{

sp.filters = null;

}

}

}