Adobe 65036570 - Director - PC User Manual page 155

Drop Shadow filter
Use the Drop Shadow filter to add a drop shadow to a variety of sprites. Several style options are available, including
inner or outer shadow and knockout mode.
Drop shadow filter applied to a text sprite
Property summary
Property Description
BlurX:Number The amount of horizontal blur.
BlurY:Number The amount of vertical blur.
quality:Number The number of times to apply the filter.
strength:Number The strength of the imprint or spread. The
higher the value, the more color is
imprinted and the stronger the contrast
between the glow and the background.
strengthPercent:
Number
color:Color The color of the shadow.
alpha:Number The alpha transparency value for the
shadow color.
angle:Number The angle of the bevel.
distance:Number The offset distance of the glow.
knockout:Boolean Applies a knockout effect (true), which
effectively makes the sprite's fill trans-
parent and reveals the background color
of the document.
inner:Boolean Indicates whether or not the shadow is an
inner shadow.
hideObject: Indicates whether or not the sprite is
Boolean hidden.
Lingo Syntax:
MyFilter=filter(#DropShadowFilter)
or
MyFilter1 = filter(#DropShadowFilter, [#distance:5, #angle:5, #color:color(20,20,30),
#alpha:0.5, #blurX:3, #blurY:50, #strength:3, #quality:3, #inner:1, #knockout:1,
#hideObject:1])
Java Script Syntax:
var MyFilter = filter(symbol("DropShadowFilter"));
or
var MyFilter1 = filter(symbol("DropShadowFilter"),
Value Range
0-255
0-255
0-15
0-10
0-1000
0-255
0-360
-255 to +255
True/false
True/false
True/false
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Default
4
4
1 (low)
1.0
100
RGB (0,0,0)
255
45
4
false
false
false
144