I'm tring to mod this to have the blurY decrease to 1 to create a horror movie
trailer effect the counter works but blur does nothing.

here is the script:

//--------------origninal from: http://www.osflash.org/doku.php?id=f...ort-to-flash-8

// I want do have the blur get smaller along the y axis. the funciton works as you
// see with the number count it is decreasing and stopping on < than 2 but the blur
// is doing nothing
//------------problem----------
function displayMessage():Void {
trace(nTimes);
dropShadow.blurY = nTimes-=5;
txtField.htmlText = "<font size='60'>The Wakening</font>" + nTimes;
if(nTimes < 2) {
clearInterval (nInterval);
}
}

var nTimes:Number = 100;
var nInterval:Number = setInterval(displayMessage, 1000);


//------------end problem----------

// create textfield
this.createTextField("txtField", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 100, 50, 500, 100);
txtField.html = true;

txtField.textColor = 0x0055CC;
// set new antialias mode
txtField.antiAliasType = flash.text.TextRenderer.AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
// create shadow filter
var dropShadow = new flash.filters.DropShadowFilter();
dropShadow.blurX = 5;
dropShadow.blurY = nTimes; //var from problem
dropShadow.distance = 3;
dropShadow.angle = 35;
dropShadow.quality = 2;
dropShadow.alpha = 0.5;
// apply shadow filter
txtField.filters = [dropShadow];