strength (BevelFilter.strength property) -- Version 8

The strength of the imprint or spread. Valid values are from 0 to 255. The larger the value, the more color is imprinted and the stronger the contrast between the bevel and the background. The default value is 1.

Example

The following example changes the strength property on the existing MovieClip instance (rect) when a user clicks it:

import flash.filters.BevelFilter;

var rect:MovieClip = createBevelRectangle("BevelStrength");
rect.onRelease = function() {
    var filter:BevelFilter = this.filters[0];
    filter.strength = 10;
    this.filters = new Array(filter);
}

function createBevelRectangle(name:String):MovieClip {
    var w:Number = 100;
    var h:Number = 100;
    var bgColor:Number = 0x00CC00;

    var rect:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(name, this.getNextHighestDepth());
    rect.beginFill(bgColor);
    rect.lineTo(w, 0);
    rect.lineTo(w, h);
    rect.lineTo(0, h);
    rect.lineTo(0, 0);
    rect._x = 20;
    rect._y = 20;

    var filter:BevelFilter = new BevelFilter(5, 45, 0xFFFF00, .8, 0x0000FF, .8, 20, 20, 1, 3, "inner", false);
    rect.filters = new Array(filter);
    return rect;
}

Comments

nerv-media said on Oct 1, 2006 at 8:05 AM :

For all of the filters - not just this one - I can't find any information anywhere about how these values (in Actionscript) correlate with the values used in the IDE... what gives?

ie. If I use 160% in the IDE, what value should I be using in my code to replicate the effects I see on stage through the IDE?