Comments on: BlendMode.LAYER; A must when changing the alpha property of a DisplayObject containing other DisplayObjects

By: scottchu.tw

scottchu.tw — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:15:21 +0000

your article explains the meaning of BlendMode.LAYER for me well.

Thanks a lot!

By: Jensa

Jensa — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:27:04 +0000

Brilliant find! Always wondered if that was possible. Thanks for posting!

By: Rezmason

Rezmason — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:14:11 +0000

Also note that the LAYER blendMode is also what allows us to use ALPHA and ERASE blendModes. A lot of people get hung up on that as well.

By: Alpha transparency on objects with children « Flash Development Blog

Alpha transparency on objects with children « Flash Development Blog — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:17:49 +0000

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By: James

James — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:20:21 +0000

Fantastic! I’ve been looking for this for years.

[hi5]

By: oliver

oliver — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:24:42 +0000

I think this is more to do with cacheAsBitmap rather than “layer” blendMode, yes?
this is why zgub’s having problems with white.

By: Paulo Barcelos

Paulo Barcelos — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:52:29 +0000

Genius!

I’ve been living up with this problem for ages! Can’t believe it was so simple….Thanks for the tip!

By: zgub

zgub — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:02:16 +0000

Do you have to assign this value only once (let’s say at the time of creating the container’s content) or everytime tween has to be shown?

I have a similar (at least, that’s what I suspect) problem with clip containing Bitmap and white rectangle beneath it that acts as a border. Problem appears when the fadein/out is supposed to take place, showing transparent hole where the bitmap is supposed to be. Then, it suddenly appears when the alpha value reaches 100%.

By: Again on BlendMode (this time in AS2) | mc.blendMode = "layer" | zedia flash blog

Tue, 27 May 2008 23:21:14 +0000

[...] was really happy when I found out how to do proper fade outs of MovieClips containing other MovieClips, but I am even more happy now because I found how to do it in ActionScript 2. I don’t know why but [...]

By: Andrew.blog » Fade Flash DisplayObjects without the overlay!

Andrew.blog » Fade Flash DisplayObjects without the overlay! — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:26:37 +0000

[...] All you need to do is set the container clip BlendMode to LAYER (BlendMore.LAYER). The Zedia Flash Blog has put up a straight forward example of the [...]