[flexcoders] Re: How do you generate inactive icon states

[Doug Lowder]

ColorMatrixFilter is the right track.  Have a look at this:

http://www.ifbin.com/news/2005/09/flash-8-flashfilterscolormatrixfilter.\
html
<http://www.ifbin.com/news/2005/09/flash-8-flashfilterscolormatrixfilter\
.html>

Setting the RGB lists to [0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0] for each gives a nice
greyed-out appearance, and then you can adjust the alpha to suit.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Lincoln Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> There doesn't appear to be a grayscale filter. However, BlendMode and
> ColorMatrixFilter sound promising. I am I on the right track?
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>
> Linc
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> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
> Behalf Of Petro Bochan
> Sent: Thursday, 17 May 2007 5:29 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [flexcoders] How do you generate inactive icon states
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> creationComplete="init();" layout="absolute">
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> pUrl = new URLRequest();
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> pUrl.url =
> "http://rols.ramesys.com/images/Ramesys/Adobe/Adobe-Logo.jpg";;
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> pLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
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> var
> vDropShadowFilter:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter();
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> pLoader.alpha = .5;
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> <mx:SWFLoader id="theStage" height="100%" width="100%"/>
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> _____
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> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
> Behalf Of Lincoln Mitchell
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:43 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] How do you generate inactive icon states
>
>
>
> I am trying to generate an inactive icon state from an original color
png
> file. It needs to be 50% alpha="0.5" and grey scale.
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> Can this be done in code, if so how?
>
> TIA
>
> Linc
>