Re: [flexcoders] Adding stroke to text or bitmap at runtime

2012-04-26 Thread Alex Harui
I’m still not sure I understand. Why do you have to add Stroke components? You can just call graphics APIs on them. If you must use components, can you overlay or underlay them in a Group parenting the Label? On 4/25/12 12:59 AM, dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@gmail.com

Re: [flexcoders] Adding stroke to text or bitmap at runtime

2012-04-26 Thread dorkie dork from dorktown
I want to add a stroke (a border or outline) to the *edge* of the text or image itself. For example, the text and the image in this screenshot show what I'd like to do, http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/cafe-racer/retro-cafe-racer-ad.jpg. There are filters that add drop

Re: [flexcoders] Adding stroke to text or bitmap at runtime

2012-04-26 Thread dorkie dork from dorktown
The picture I linked is not that clear. Here is a clearer picture and the article, http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/cafe-racer/13.jpg http://internetwebsitedesign.biz/design/how-to-create-a-retro-cafe-racer-motorcycle-ad-design What he is doing at design time I want to

Re: [flexcoders] Adding stroke to text or bitmap at runtime

2012-04-25 Thread dorkie dork from dorktown
I'm looking for more of something like this: s:Label text=Hello Filters! s:stroke s:SolidColorStroke weight=4 color=#ABCDEF/ /s:stroke /s:Label or this: s:Label text=Hello Filters! s:filters s:SolidColorStrokeFilter weight=4 color=#ABCDEF/ /s:filters /s:Label On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:15 AM,

[flexcoders] Adding stroke to text or bitmap at runtime

2012-04-12 Thread dorkie dork from dorktown
How would you add a stroke to dynamic text at runtime? If that's not possible how would you add a stroke to a bitmap (snapshot of text)?

Re: [flexcoders] Adding stroke to text or bitmap at runtime

2012-04-12 Thread Alex Harui
In Spark controls, you can add children to the TextLine like a sprite. On 4/12/12 5:43 PM, dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@gmail.com dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@gmail.com wrote: How would you add a stroke to dynamic text at runtime? If that's not possible how would you add a stroke to a bitmap