<first post> Hello community, As a test of Player9's performace I created a simple lens flare effect using the drawing API. The results seem pretty impressive to me. Take a look...
http://www.doodios.com/flare/ <http://www.doodios.com/flare/> On my laptop the performance is silky smooth in a mpderatly sized browser window. The frame rate will drop to 4 or 5fps at the least. It's interesting to note that in the standalone player the performace is noticable increased. Development? It was suprsingly easy to build. Essentially it's a bunch of Shape objects with radial gradients and BlendModes. (There's a more detailed description of it's construction here <http://blog.wheelerstreet.com/?p=121> .) Usage? While I can't really see this componet used in the kinda apps usually developed in Flex it does point to the breadth of the platform. Aaron Aaron Begley | Wheeler Street Design <http://www.wheelerstreet.com/> </first post>
