If you are using this effect on the timeline you can easily set the parameters in the component inspector inside of Flash 8 or Flash CS3 (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.

Below the parameter options for this effect.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| speed | Number [read / write] Min: 1 Max: 10 |
Speed of heat haze |
| angle | Number [read / write] |
Sets the rotation of the animation![]() |
| shadow | Number [read / write] Min: 1 Max: 10 |
shadow on the waving flag |
| horizontalGrid | Number [read / write] Min: 25 Max: 150 |
Horizontal grid of the waving flag |
| verticalGrid | Number [read / write] Min: 25 Max: 150 |
Vertical grid of the waving flag |
| refreshEveryFrame | Boolean [read / write] |
If true, the filter will redraw every frame (i.e. for video) |
Below the methods for this effect.
| Method | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| init() | target_mc:MovieClip, speed:Number, angle:Number, fixAt:String, shadow:Number, horizontalGrid:Number, verticalGrid:Number, refreshEveryFrame:Boolean |
The MovieClip you want to apply the filter to see above see above The side the flag will fix see above see above see above see above |
| removeFilter() | none | Remove the filter from stage |
Example:
| // attach filter on stage var myFilter:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("WavingFlagEffect", "WavingFlagEffect", 1); // init the filter with parameter myFilter.init(img1_mc, 3, 0, "none", 5, 60, 120); // set a listener to get an event when the transition in done var eventListener = new Object(); eventListener.onComplete = function(){ trace("transition done"); } myFilter.addEventListener("onComplete",eventListener); |
The example files delivered with the filter contain ActionScript examples.