package aether.utils {
  
          import flash.display.BitmapData;
          import flash.display.BitmapDataChannel;
          import flash.filters.BitmapFilter;
          import flash.display.DisplayObject;
          import flash.geom.Point;
          
          public class @ax-graphic-flex-image-effects-07-source-aether-utils-ImageUtil {
  
                  static public function getBitmapData(pObject:DisplayObject):BitmapData {
                          return ScreenCapture.drawFromObject(pObject);
                  }
  
                  static public function getChannelData(bitmapData:BitmapData, channel:uint):BitmapData {
                          var clone:BitmapData = new BitmapData(bitmapData.width, bitmapData.height);
                          clone.copyChannel(bitmapData, bitmapData.rect, new Point(), channel, BitmapDataChannel.RED);
                          clone.copyChannel(bitmapData, bitmapData.rect, new Point(), channel, BitmapDataChannel.GREEN);
                          clone.copyChannel(bitmapData, bitmapData.rect, new Point(), channel, BitmapDataChannel.BLUE);
                          return clone;
                  }
                  
                  static public function copyChannel(source:BitmapData, dest:BitmapData, channel:uint):void {
                          dest.copyChannel(source, source.rect, new Point(), channel, channel);
                  }
  
                  static public function copyPixels(source:BitmapData, dest:BitmapData):void {
                          dest.copyPixels(source, source.rect, new Point());
                  }
  
                  static public function applyFilter(source:BitmapData, filter:BitmapFilter):void {
                          source.applyFilter(source, source.rect, new Point(), filter);
                  }
  
          }
  
  }