I believe you can just use a spherical displacement map. Here is a fun displacement map you can check out: http://labs.zeh.com.br/blog/?p=128
Regards, Eric On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Ali Drongo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi there, I want to achieve the effect of seamless magnification a bit like > the Mac OS dock but rather than having individual icons magnified I want to > have a seamless magnification kind of like a blob as in this image: > > http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/65140/Picture1.png > > I think I could achieve this effect by using an onEnterFrame event and > having an outline created by a moving circle with curves that are > continually updated and the lines and numbers of the thermometer that scale > according to mouse position but I'm not sure how to achieve the gradients on > the glass. > > Is there an easier way of doing this? > > Thanks > Ali > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

