[F8] several AS questions

[marmotte]

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?