Dynamic Reflection Generator Class for AS3

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Friday, 5 February 2010

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Hot on the heels of our Perfect Alpha Reflections Quick Tip comes this excellent utility class for dynamically reflecting your display objects, courtesy of Martin Christov.

How do I use it?
Step 1:
Copy the ReflectEffect.as file into the classpath of your Flash project (or the same directory as your FLA if you’re not using classpaths).
Step 2:
In your code, create a new instance of the ReflectEffect class, passing it the display object that you want it to reflect, like so:
var reflect:ReflectEffect = new ReflectEffect(movieClipToReflect);
Step 3:
Create a new variable for your reflected object and add it to the stage (or wherever you like):
var reflectedDown:Bitmap = reflect.down(length, fade, offset, blur, alpha);
reflectedDown.y = movieClipToReflect.y + movieClipToReflect.height;
addChild( reflectedDown );
The functions reflect.down(), reflect.up(), reflect.left() and reflect.right() will return a Bitmap of your object reflected in that direction. (Only the “length” parameter is required, the rest are optional.) As you…

By: Martin Christov
From: Activetuts+ » Freebies

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