Improving the quality of the mx:Glow filter

How can you control the quality of the mx:Glow filter? At the
moment all my filters are square shaped. Using the
flash.filters.GlowFliter class, the quality can be changed so that
the filter rounds up in shape (1 or 2 give you a square-shaped
glow) but, the mx:Glow does not seem to have such a property. Is
there a walk-around solution to this problem?
This is the code I have:
<mx:Glow id="myGlowOn" duration="1000"
alphaFrom="1.0" alphaTo="0.3"
blurXFrom="0.0" blurXTo="50.0"
blurYFrom="0.0" blurYTo="50.0"
color="0x00000000"/>

Hi,
You shouldn't need to take a snapshot of the PDF - it can be placed into indesign using File>Place. If it is a multi-page PDF, hold down shift when you click Place and the import options dialog will appear. You can choose the page that you need and once the PDF is placed you can crop or resize to suit.
Please bear in mind that Indesign only shows a low-resolution proxy for placed images. You can see a higher resolution preview by changing your view settings to high quality display.
Regards,
Malcolm

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