# Manual Glow filter Vs Run-time GlowFilter?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manual-glow-filter-vs-run-time-glowfilter/216245
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**Created:** [February 14, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manual-glow-filter-vs-run-time-glowfilter/216245 "2007-02-14T20:40:38Z")
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### Author: ![duncanhall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@duncanhall](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/duncanhall)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manual-glow-filter-vs-run-time-glowfilter/216245/1 "2007-02-14T20:40:38Z")

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Has anyone else noticed differences between glow filters applied manually and those applied using the GlowFilter class in actionscript?

If I create a simple white rectangle movieclip, and apply a glow filter to it with these properties:

blur x: 76  
blur y: 79  
Strength: 190%  
Quality: High  
Colour: White

I get a nice hazy glow around the rectangle.

If I do the same thing to the same movieclip like this:

[AS]  
var glow\_filter:GlowFilter = new GlowFilter(0xFFFFFF, 100, 76, 79, 190, 3, false, false);  
glow\_mc.filters = [glow\_filter];  
[/AS]

It’s a ridiculous white mess. It’s not glowing at all, it’s just a white blob. I’m kind of hoping I’m doing something wrong, but I cant see what it is. Any ideas?