Smoke Effect

Timeline:

If you are using this effect on the timeline you can easily set the parameters in the component inspector inside of Flash 8, Flash CS3 or Flash CS4 (what is a component inspector?).

To see what results you get from changing any of these options please click Try Yourself and play around with the seetings.

ActionScript:

Below the methods for this effect.

Method	Parameter	Description
init()	shape:MovieClip, startPoint:String, speed:Number, amout:Number, direction:Number spread:Number, quality:Number, color:Number, blur:Number, flowField:Number, gravitationAngle:Number, gravitationPower:Number	Target Shape of which the size is taken from Point where the smoke starts Speed of the smoke particle Amount of speed particle to generate Direction in degree of the particle (see image above) Spread in degree (see image above) Quality of smoke Color of smoke particle Blur of smoke particle Use Flow Field for a more realistic view of the smoke particle fly Angle in degree where the particle fly to Power of gravitation
removeFilter()	none	Remove the filter from stage

Example:

// create filter instance
var myFilter : SmokeEffectAS3 = new SmokeEffectAS3();

// init filter params
myFilter.init(shape_mc, SmokeEffectAS3.START_POINT_BOTTOM, 3, 3, 0, 45, 1, 0xFFFFFF, 12, true, 90, 0);

// add to stage
addChild(myFilter);

The example files delivered with the filter contain ActionScript examples.