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1. • CommentAuthorNot Sure
   • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009

    
   What is in FireBlob.swf? I tried running it through Flare but was unable to get anything useful - is FireBlob just a plain old image embedded in a swf? An animated gif? Is the source to it available anywhere?
   
   FWIW, I'm trying to replicate the LogoFire effect, but without having an external linkage dependency.
2. • CommentAuthorTackleMcClean
   • CommentTimeJun 6th 2009

    
   My guess it's just a bitmap or something. Probably not an animated gif, I can't see how that would work.
   
   You can only hope that Richard stops by and reads this and possibly sharing the file!
   You could try and just draw a small reddish shape if you can't find the source.
   I too, would prefer though to look at the actual fireblob, as I want to make fire myself!
3. • CommentAuthorRichard
   • CommentTimeJun 8th 2009

    
   If you download the examples, or check them out of svn, then look in the flash example, you'll find an FLA that contains the graphic.
   
   As for what it is - it's an ellipse with a radial gradient fill fading to nothing at the edges.
   
   Richard
4. • CommentAuthorTackleMcClean
   • CommentTimeJun 9th 2009

    
   Thanks Richard!
   
   There you go, "Not Sure"
5. • CommentAuthorNot Sure
   • CommentTimeJun 9th 2009 edited

    
   Thanks guys. I ended up coding my own FireBlob, looks a bit better IMHO - uses an actual flame-ish shape, rather than an ellipse (*cross fingers that this formats correctly*):
   
   public class FireBlob extends Shape
{
public static const DefaultColors : Array = [ 0xFFC814, 0xFF351E ];
public static const DefaultAlphas : Array = [ 1, 0.1 ];
public static const DefaultRatios : Array = [ 0, 255 ];

public function FireBlob( a : Number, b : Number, colors : Array = null, alphas : Array = null, ratios : Array = null, bm:String = "normal")
{
var matrix:Matrix = new Matrix();
matrix.createGradientBox( a * 2, b * 2, 0, -a, -b );
graphics.beginGradientFill( GradientType.RADIAL,
colors ? colors : DefaultColors,
alphas ? alphas : DefaultAlphas,
ratios ? ratios : DefaultRatios,
matrix );
graphics.moveTo( a, 0 );
graphics.curveTo( 0, b, -a, b );
graphics.curveTo( -a/2, 0, -a, -b );
graphics.curveTo( 0, -b, a, 0 );
graphics.endFill();
blendMode = bm;
}
}