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Filters and Effects

Flex supports a wide variety of filters and effects that you can

apply to any user interface object. Take, for example, how easy

it is to add a drop shadow to an image. The code for two images,

one with a shadow and one without, appears in Example 4-21.

Example 4-21. Dropfilter.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"

layout="horizontal">

<mx:Image source="@Embed('megan.jpg')" />

<mx:Image source="@Embed('megan.jpg')">

<mx:filters>

<mx:DropShadowFilter />

</mx:filters>

</mx:Image>

</mx:Application>

It's almost as easy to apply filters and effects to text-based con-

trols, but in many cases you'll have to embed the font. The

result, when I look at it in the browser, looks like Figure 4-21.

Figure 4-21. The drop shadow filter applied to an image

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