I'll go ahead and recommend you stay away from the masking if you can....Masking is a little expensive in terms of cpu cycles...
i'm making an image for you to illustrate what i mean....... On Dec 4, 2007 12:48 PM, Abyss Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This sounds like you need masking, which is in fact available in Flex. > I'm not an expert on it, but I have seen it used to make rounded > images, etc. Basically, you'd want to blur component (could you use > the blur effect in Flex?), then use a mask to simulate the transparent > area. Not sure that will help, but it is a start. > > -- William > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > DreamCode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have no real knowledge, but if the items that potentially needs to get > > blurred were sitting in the same container you could do a bitmap > snapshot > > of that container based on the top layer. Copy that into a > canvas/sprite, > > blur the bitmap and place it between the top layer and the "blurred > > container"...... > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 4, 2007 11:54 AM, reflexactions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ok maybe I didnt make myself as clear as I could in the first > place... > > > > > > I have a component in a container. > > > My component just happens to have a transparent area in it, yes most > > > likely rectangular with rounded corners. > > > > > > The component may move around in the container and as it does so it > > > may pass over other components in that container, or background, > > > graphics or absolutely anything and everything there could possibly > > > be in a container. > > > > > > I want that background content to appear blurred when it is viewed > > > through that transparent area of my component in the foreground. > > > > > > It could even be that a component is half covered by the transparent > > > area and half not covered, only the part covered would be blurred. > > > > > > Currently I can fade those items in the background by filling the > > > transparent background area of my component with an alpha'd color, so > > > any controls behind it are partially obscured, but they are not > > > distorted/blurred... > > > > > > What I want to do is make then look blurred... > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > DreamCode <dreamcode@> wrote: > > > > > > > > so there will most likely be stuff moving above the blurred area > > > too? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 4, 2007 4:52 AM, reflexactions <reflexactions@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Not static... yes > > > > > > > > > > Stuff moving around ... yes. > > > > > > > > > > Fixed size.. no > > > > > > > > > > Rectangular with rounded corners... most likely > > > > > > > > > > Its all fairly dynamic... > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > > > > > > DreamCode <dreamcode@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you give more details... is it static content or will you > > > have > > > > > stuff > > > > > > moving in and out of the blur behind it? Is the partial > > > transparent > > > > > area of > > > > > > a fixed side or changing too? > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it blurred area square? rounded corners? if it's not just a > > > > > regular > > > > > > piece of graphic or if the blur area is created dynamically at > > > > > runtime? > > > > > > > > > > > > --A > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 4, 2007 2:54 AM, reflexactions <reflexactions@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a component with a partially transparent area and I > > > want > > > > > to blur > > > > > > > anything that happens to be under that area. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How can I do that... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Note I want to blur what is underneath the transparent area > > > (ie > > > > > behind > > > > > > > it, in other controls or containers) not the actual current > > > > > content of > > > > > > > the area in my control. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
