[F8] several AS questions

ok, i guess that today i was too lazy to look myself for the answers (using the "search" button and google)... Anyway:

1) i have a holder MC containing images, MCs, and fonts/texts dynamically created using AS. When i set that holder MC to _alpha = 0, the fonts are still 100% visible!?

/EDIT1: i just tried again with a "normal" font (Times). So i guess the _alpha didn't work with the other font because it's not embedded yet...?

/EDIT2: ok, i did another test, _alpha did work with fonts that aren't embedded and written manually... Apparently fonts created using AS cannot be _alpha-ed...?


2) i'm working with blurs... i applied a blur with an x and y value of 0 (so basically, no blur at all) to a holder MC full of graphics and attached clips. It's running really slowly now... so i guess that if you apply a blur to a holder MC and turn it back again to 0, the blur is still constantly calculated...? is there any way to definitively "kill" a blur?


3) i'm working with alphas. When i apply for example _alpha = 50 to a holder MC full of graphics, i can see all the "structure" of the graphics (if you know what i mean). = it looks like ALL your graphics have an alpha property to 50, not "the whole holder itself" (i know, i'm vague, but basically you can see the graphics you are hiding below some other graphics). Any idea to make it better without too much work?

1.) you have to embed the fonts for that

2.)
myMc.filters = new Array(); ?

3.) cache movieClip as bitmap (either directly cacheBitmap property, or use Bitmap Api to draw() the MC into a new one and alpha that one)

thanks!

about 1), funnily enough i noticed that if you apply a blur at the same time, the font's _alpha is correct (without embedding it)

i'll try 2)

3) just what i had in mind actually, i still never worked with those though, so i may give it a try

Also, is there anything that can prevent a MC of being blurred? Basically i can apply a blur to all my holder MCs except one of them (i traced it, targetted it correctly etc)

1.) that´s because once applied a filter its cached as a bitmap I think

last thing:
hmm,- I once had that because the available video ram was limited do you have big objects to be blured?

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do you have big objects to be blured

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not really, actually i'm applying a blur to another holder MC that is a lot bigger (but it doesn't contain that many attached clips... oh, let's see if i remove some of them)

> EDIT: ok, about the holder MC that refused to be blurred:
I attached around 50 MCs in it (mainly items that are organized like a list). Now i tried to attach only 10 items, and the blur works, so thanks for your suggestion! and doh, i guess that i should use a solution similar to your 3) in order to make it work...

"When i apply for example _alpha = 50 to a holder MC full of graphics, i can see all the "structure" of the graphics (if you know what i mean)"

Use the Layer blendmode mate, fixes that a treat.

As to blur with settings of 0, that still adds a blur ( Here's a little tip just for the two of us, if you're using lots of explosion frames you can jpeg the arse off every other frame, then using a blur of 0,0 on those heavily compressed frames removes a lot of the nasty ol' jpeg artifacts. It's like smoothing, but nice :) ).

Squize.

haaa, good advice for the explosions, mate ^_^

now have fun and go play some "extreme luge" *cough*

[EDIT] using blendMode works like a charm. 1st time i'm using it. thanks! looks like you can do some amazing things with it ;)