Dec 20, 2005 - Creating a Blur effect in Flex 1.5
How to create a blur effect in 1.5 using Flash 8

" Those of you who have used Flash 8 or Flex 2 Alpha have seen the cool new effects that are possible.  However, since Flex 1.5 was built for flash player 7 they are not natively available.  I have created a number or wrapper swfs that allow the new flash 8 functions to be used in the current version of Flex.  I have posted the Blur sample here for download and also will have ColorTransform, DropShadow, and Glow available within the IFBIN Flex By Example.  I will update this post when the other samples have been posted to IFBIN. "

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