User Guide

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Using Transparencies
The background of the drawing area is a grey and white
checkerboard pattern. This indicates that the area is transparent.
Sprites and backgrounds that are underneath the sprite on the
Stage will show through these transparent areas.
When using the Paint Editor to draw or change sprites, anything
in the drawing area that is not transparent is part of the sprite.
Importing Your Graphics
If you have a graphic file that you want to use as a sprite,
costume, or background then you can import it into the Paint
Editor.
Fill Fills an area with a color or gradient.
Rectangle Draws rectangles and squares when you click and
drag the mouse pointer in the drawing area.
Ellipse Draws ellipses and circles when you click and drag
the mouse pointer around in the drawing area.
Line Draws a straight line between two points.
Text Type text onto the picture.
Selection Click and drag out a rectangle to select a part of
the picture. You can then move, rotate or change
this selection without affecting the rest.
Stamp Click and drag out a rectangle to select a part of
the picture and copy it into memory. You can then
paste it down onto the picture repeatedly. To
stop stamping, select another tool.
Eyedropper Click anywhere in the drawing area. The
eyedropper sets the current color in the color
palette area to match whatever is under the
mouse pointer.
Tool Description