Gaussian blur background in flash

Whats the best way of creating a gausian blur for flash??

Saving it as a .png?

or is there a way you can create this effect in flash??

off the top of my head i know of three ways.

actionscript way :: duplicate movie + using alpha fades.
Flash way, using a mixture of blur edges and tweens.

and probably the best way
create the effect in photoshop, save as png use in flash // work with two versions of the pic, normal and blured and tween between the both…

btw for the last method there is a tutorial at kirupa.com

something like directional blur with flash…

cant find that tutorial, any chance of a link??

cheers

did you even search?
i searched the words “directional blur with flash” at kirupa.com

this was my first result.

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/motionblur.htm

sorry fella, but its gaussian blur i want, not motion blur.

cheers neway

yeah but im trying to show you a similar example… take what you can from the tutorial and adapt it to the other blur filter.