manewcActionscript Snippets

BitmapData Noise

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Add some BitmapData noise to your Bitmap.

package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.display.BitmapDataChannel;

public class BitmapDataNoise extends Sprite
{
var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight);

public function BitmapDataNoise()
{
var noiserate:int = int(Math.random() * int.MAX_VALUE);
bmd.noise(noiserate, 0, 0xFF, BitmapDataChannel.RED, false);

var bitmap:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmd);
addChild(bitmap);
}
}
}

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Preloading Multiple Images with Actionscript

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Please view my updated code
One of my new projects involves a lot of imagery so I decided to write a class that I could send it an array of images and preload them with a loading bar. The code below doesn’t have a loading bar, but if you trace out the code you can see [...]

Manipulate a Loader Object

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There was a comment on how to load in an external image and then have the ability to manipulate the object - width / height / x position / y position / etc. If you ever want to retrieve any of the object’s parameters, you must first make sure the object is loaded in the [...]

BlurFilter Animation

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A simple demonstration that animates a blur filter.

Here is the main document class:

package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import fl.controls.Button;
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.filters.BitmapFilter;
import flash.filters.BitmapFilterQuality;
import flash.filters.GlowFilter;
import flash.filters.BlurFilter;
import flash.geom.Point;

public class Main extends Sprite
{
private var ai:Image;

private var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(550, 400, true, 0xffffff); // this will cover the [...]

[AS 3] GlowFilter Actionscript Class

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Externally loading a .jpg image and applying a glow effect.

Here is the document class:

package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.display.LoaderInfo;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.filters.BitmapFilter;
import flash.filters.BitmapFilterQuality;
import flash.filters.GlowFilter;

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