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Animating Filters
Filters, which give instances special effects such as blurs and drop shadows, can
also be animated. You’ll refine the motion tween of the actors next by apply-
ing a blur filter to one of them to make it appear as if the camera changes focus.
Animating filters is no different from animating changes in position or changes in
color effect. You simply set the values for a filter at one keyframe and set different
values for the filter at another keyframe, and Flash creates a smooth transition.
1 Make the actors layer folder on the Timeline visible.
2 Lock all the layers on the Timeline except the woman layer.
3 Move the red playhead to the beginning keyframe of the motion tween in the
woman layer—at frame 23.
4 Select the instance of the woman on the Stage.
You won’t be able to see her because she has an
alpha value of 0% (totally transparent), but if
you click on the top-right side of the Stage, the
transparent instance will be selected.
5 In the Properties inspector, expand the Filters
section.
6 Click the Add filter button at the bottom of the
Filters section and select Blur.
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