User Guide

968 Chapter 14: Properties

This statement displays the sample size of the sound playing in sound channel 1 in the

Message window:

-- Lingo syntax

put(sound(1).sampleSize)

// JavaScript syntax

put(sound(1).sampleSize);

scale (3D)

Usage

member(whichCastmember).camera(whichCamera).backdrop\

[backdropIndex].scale

member(whichCastmember).camera(whichCamera).overlay\

[overlayIndex].scale

Description

3D property; allows you to get or set the scale value used by a specific overlay or backdrop in the

referenced camera’s list of overlays or backdrops to display. The width and height of the backdrop

or overlay are multiplied by the scale value.The default value for this property is 1.0.

Example

This statement doubles the size of a backdrop:

sprite(25).camera.backdrop[1].scale = 2.0