User Guide

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When sprites are added to the Stage, Scratch assumes that they
face to the right. When you change the direction that a sprite
faces, Scratch rotates the sprite. To tell Scratch that it should flip
a sprite and not rotate it:
1. In the Sprite List, click a sprite.
2. At the top of the Scripts Area, next to the picture
of the sprite, click the only face left-right button.
This is the second button of the three that are
arranged vertically.
The Looks blocks in the Blocks Palette change the appearance
of sprites on the Stage. Some of these blocks change a sprite’s
costume, and some of them apply effects (such as fades).
direction The direction that the sprite is currently facing.
Block Description
switch to costume ? Sets the costume displayed for this sprite.
next costume Changes to the next costume. If the current
costume is the last one, the first costume will be
used instead.
say ? for ? secs Displays a speech bubble next to the sprite.
say ? Displays a speech bubble next to the sprite. This
bubble remains until you use a say block with no
text.
think ? for ? secs Displays a thought bubble next to the sprite.
think ? Displays a thought bubble next to the sprite. This
bubble remains until you use a think block with no
text.
change ? effect by ? See below.
set ? effect to ? See below.
clear graphic effects See below.
Variable Description