MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH Tutorials Manual page 196

196 Creating Graphics: Apply Graphic Filters and Blends (Flash Professional Only)
4. Drag the outlines movie clip from the Library panel onto the
9ball
Stage so that it perfectly covers the
You can use the Arrow keys to make fine adjustments to the placement
of the outlines instance.
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5. With the outlines instance still selected, go to the Property
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inspector and select Multiply from the Blend menu.
6.
Double-click outside the Stage to exit symbol-editing mode.
The instance should still be selected on the Stage.
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7.
Open the Transform panel (Windows > Transform).
8.
In the Transform panel, click the Constrain check box.
9.
Double-click the Width text box and enter 140.
10. This makes the
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the Stage.
11.
Reposition the
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instance on the Stage.
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Apply a filter
The next step is to apply a blur filter to the
appear out of focus, as if it is in the foreground of the Stage.
1. With the instance still selected, click the Filters tab in the
9ball
Property inspector.
2. In the Filters tab, click Add Filter and select Blur from the pop-up
menu.
3.
Drag the BlurX slider until the BlurX and BlurY value is 19.
The BlurX and BlurY values are constrained to each other by default.
Click the lock icon if they are not.
4. Click the Properties tab of the Property inspector.
5. In the Property inspector, enter the following values in the W, H, X,
and Y text boxes:
W: 210
H: 235
X: 315
Y: 155
6.
Click outside the Stage to deselect the
instance.
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instance appear larger than the
instance so it slightly overlaps the right edge of the
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instance on
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movie clip to make it
instance.