filter summary

#### Availability

Flash 8.

#### Description

This object contains all the properties for all filters. The filter.name property specifies the type of filter, and determines which properties are applicable to each filter. See filter.name (../Filter_object/filter13.md).

To return the filter list for an object or objects, use document.getFilters(). To apply filters to an object or objects, use document.setFilters(). See document.getFilters() (../Document_object/docume79.md) and document.setFilters() (../Document_object/docum530.md).

#### Property summary

The following properties can be used with the Filter object:

| Property | Description |
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| filter.angle (../Filter_object/filter.md) | A float value that specifies the angle of the shadow or highlight color, in degrees. |
| filter.blurX (../Filter_object/filter1.md) | A float value that specifies the amount to blur in the x direction, in pixels. |
| filter.blurY (../Filter_object/filter2.md) | A float value that specifies the amount to blur in the y direction. |
| filter.brightness (../Filter_object/filter3.md) | A float value that specifies the brightness of the filter. |
| filter.color (../Filter_object/filter4.md) | A string, hexadecimal value, or integer that represents the filter color. |
| filter.contrast (../Filter_object/filter5.md) | A float value that specifies the contrast value of the filter. |
| filter.distance (../Filter_object/filter6.md) | A float value that specifies the distance between the filter’s effect and an object, in pixels. |
| filter.enabled (../Filter_object/filter7.md) | A Boolean value that specifies whether the specified filter is enabled. |
| filter.hideObject (../Filter_object/filter8.md) | A Boolean value that specifies whether the source image is hidden. |
| filter.highlightColor (../Filter_object/filter9.md) | A string, hexadecimal value, or integer that represents the highlight color. |
| filter.hue (../Filter_object/filter10.md) | A float value that specifies the hue of the filter. |
| filter.inner (../Filter_object/filter11.md) | A Boolean value that specifies whether the shadow is an inner shadow. |
| filter.knockout (../Filter_object/filter12.md) | A Boolean value that specifies whether the filter is a knockout filter. |
| filter.name (../Filter_object/filter13.md) | Read-only; a string that specifies the type of filter. |
| filter.quality (../Filter_object/filter14.md) | A string that specifies the blur quality. |
| filter.saturation (../Filter_object/filter15.md) | A float value that specifies the saturation value of the filter. |
| filter.shadowColor (../Filter_object/filter16.md) | A string, hexadecimal value, or integer that represents the shadow color. |
| filter.strength (../Filter_object/filter17.md) | An integer that specifies the percentage strength of the filter. |
| filter.type (../Filter_object/filter18.md) | A string that specifies the type of bevel or glow. |

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