MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH Manual page 293

The flash.filters package
The flash.filters package contains classes for the bitmap filter effects available in Flash Player
8. Filters let you apply rich visual effects, such as blur, bevel, glow, and drop shadows, to
Image and MovieClip instances. For more information on each class, see the cross references
provided in the following table.
Class
BevelFilter
BitmapFilter
BlurFilter
ColorMatrixFilter
ConvolutionFilter
DisplacementMapFilter The DisplacementMapFilter class lets you use the pixel values from a
DropShadowFilter
GlowFilter
GradientBevelFilter
GradientGlowFilter
Description
The BevelFilter class lets you add a bevel effect to a movie clip
instance. See BevelFilter (flash.filters.BevelFilter).
The BitmapFilter class is a base class for all filter effects. See
BitmapFilter (flash.filters.BitmapFilter).
The BlurFilter class lets you apply a blur effect to movie clip instances.
See BlurFilter (flash.filters.BlurFilter).
The ColorMatrixFilter class lets you apply a 4 x 5 matrix
transformation on the ARGB color and alpha values of every pixel on
the input image. After applying the transformation, you can produce
a result with a new set of ARGB color and alpha values. See
ColorMatrixFilter (flash.filters.ColorMatrixFilter).
The ConvolutionFilter class lets you apply a matrix convolution filter
effect. See ConvolutionFilter (flash.filters.ConvolutionFilter).
specified image (the displacement map image) to spatially displace
the original instance (a movie clip) that you apply the filter to. See
DisplacementMapFilter (flash.filters.DisplacementMapFilter).
The DropShadowFilter class lets you add a drop shadow to a movie
clip. See DropShadowFilter (flash.filters.DropShadowFilter).
The GlowFilter class lets you add a glow effect to a movie clip. See
GlowFilter (flash.filters.GlowFilter).
The GradientBevelFilter class lets you apply a gradient bevel effect
to a movie clip. See GradientBevelFilter
(flash.filters.GradientBevelFilter).
The GradientGlowFilter class lets you apply a gradient glow effect to
a movie clip. See GradientGlowFilter
(flash.filters.GradientGlowFilter).
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