MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH Tutorials Manual page 197

Apply filters and blends to the cue ball
The last step is to use a color effect and a filter to make the cue ball appear
to be in the background of the Stage.
1.
Drag the CueBall movie clip from the Library panel to the upper-left
corner of the Stage.
2.
With the new CueBall instance still selected on the Stage, go to the
Transform panel and enter 70 in the W (Width) and H (Height)
text boxes.
This makes the CueBall instance appear smaller than the 8ball
instance.
3.
With the CueBall instance still selected on the Stage, go to the Property
inspector and select Brightness from the Color menu.
A Brightness Amount slider appears to the right of the Color menu.
4.
Drag the Brightness Amount slider until the value is -48%.
5. Enter the following values in the W, H, X, and Y text boxes:
W: 105
H: 115
X: 95
Y: 105
6. With the CueBall instance still selected on the Stage, click the Filters tab
in the Property inspector.
7.
Click Add Filter and select Blur from the Filter pop-up menu.
8.
Drag the BlurX slider until the BlurX and BlurY values are each 13.
These text boxes are constrained to match each other by default. Click
the lock icon if they are not.
9. Click outside the Stage to deselect the CueBall instance.
You have now applied the graphic effects to create a realistic look of depth.
For more information about using filters and blends, see Chapter 9, "Using
Filters and Blends (Flash Professional only)," in Using Flash.
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