Hey guys,
I have a png with a shape and a transparent alpha channel. I am currently drawing the shape and transparency as individual BitmapData types to another BitmapData, which makes up the display area.
The shape displays fine, but I want to use GlowFilter on it to give it a red glow.
When I use applyFilter to apply it on the opaque BitmapData, I don’t see anything. Adobe API says “The destination image of these filters must be a transparent image.”
When I apply as an inner glow on the alpha channel, it appears white and I can’t get it to appear red. The same happens with drop shadows, etc.
I’m really not sure what I don’t understand here.
Edit : as I was writing this, I realised that I can just create a new BitmapData of the two and then apply the filter instead of applying the filter first. Still, if I could do it without doing this, it would be more efficient.
