# Animating (and easing?) Filter Effects

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-and-easing-filter-effects/183961>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 31, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-and-easing-filter-effects/183961 "2006-03-31T14:59:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pensamente](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/pensamente/32/1208_2.png) [@pensamente](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pensamente)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-and-easing-filter-effects/183961/1 "2006-03-31T14:59:41Z")

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:block:

i was using the kirupa tutorial about “Animating Filter Effects” but i can’t find a way to make an easing in the filter animation…

any ideas?

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-and-easing-filter-effects/183961/2 "2006-03-31T15:00:36Z")

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are you using scripted tweening or timeline?

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**Author:** ![pensamente](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/pensamente/32/1208_2.png) [@pensamente](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pensamente)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-and-easing-filter-effects/183961/3 "2006-03-31T15:06:14Z")

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scripted  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/filter\_effects.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/filter_effects.htm)

[AS]import flash.filters.GlowFilter;  
var gf:GlowFilter = new GlowFilter(0x356D83, 100, 3, 3, 5, 3, false, false);  
kText.filters = [gf];  
kText.onRollOver = function() {  
this.onEnterFrame = function() {  
if (gf.blurX\<20) {  
gf.blurX++;  
gf.blurY++;  
} else {  
delete this.onEnterFrame;  
}  
this.filters = [gf];  
};  
};  
kText.onRollOut = function() {  
this.onEnterFrame = function() {  
this.filters = [gf];  
if (gf.blurX\>3) {  
gf.blurX–;  
gf.blurY–;  
} else {  
delete this.onEnterFrame;  
}  
};  
};  
[/AS]

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-and-easing-filter-effects/183961/4 "2006-04-01T06:10:44Z")

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[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tween\_part2\_pg2.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tween_part2_pg2.htm)