Sword Glow like in ghostfight

[wootwoot]

The attached image was take from the flash movie Ghost Fight by justsolo.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/430990


Ive been trying to figure out just how the sword glows were done, i know they were made in actionscript but not sure how it was coded.

Im making a flash swordfighting game and i would just love to incorporate this effect. Im not keen on creating graphic effects that look like this. A script would make my life much easier. If anyone can help, thank you so much!

[cancerinform]

Start with using the GlowFilter class. You will find it in the AS3 language references.

[wootwoot]

=] thx! for reply!

I think i know how to do it now, this is from newgrounds posted by vexagon

give the sword you want to glow the instance name "sword"

import flash.filters.GlowFilter;
var swordglow:GlowFilter=new GlowFilter(color, alpha, blurX, blurY, strength, quality, inner, knockout);
sword.filters=[gf];

change color, alpha, blurX, blurY, strength and quality to numbers, ofcourse color is "0x" + hexidecimal number, and inner and knockout are boolean (true/false)

a sample for a red glow:

import flash.filters.GlowFilter;
var swordglow:GlowFilter=new GlowFilter(0xFF0000, 100, 10, 10, 2, 3, true, false);
sword.filters=[gf];