User Guide

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There are seven different effects that you can add to sprites:
You control these effects using three blocks:
• To set an effect to a specific value, use the set ? effect
to ? block.
change size by ? Grows or shrinks a sprite by the amount specified.
set size to ? % Grows or shrinks a sprite by setting its size. This is
a percentage of the size of the graphic used to
create the sprite, and it can be greater than 100%.
show Shows the sprite on the Stage if it is currently
hidden.
hide Hides a sprite if it is currently shown.
go to front Moves a sprite in front of all others.
go back ? layers Moves a sprite behind other sprites.
Effect Description
color Changes the color (hue) of a sprite.
fisheye Distorts the sprite.
whirl Distorts the sprite into a swirl around its center.
pixelate Makes the sprite appear to be made up of larger
pixels.
mosaic Makes the sprite appear to be made up smaller
clones of itself.
brightness When used with positive numbers, this increases
the brightness (how close the colors are to white).
When used with negative numbers, this decreases
the brightness (how close the colors are to black).
ghost Makes the sprite translucent (so that other sprites
can be seen through it) or completely transparent
(the sprite is invisible).
Block Description