User Guide

74 Chapter 3: Sprites
To rotate or skew a sprite with the Property inspector:
1 Select the sprite you want to rotate or skew and click the Sprite tab in the Property inspector
(List view).
2 To rotate the selected sprite, display the Rotation pop-up menu and enter the number of degrees
in the Rotation text box.
3 To skew the selected sprite, display the Skew pop-up menu and enter the number of degrees in
the Skew text box.
To resize a rotated or skewed sprite, do one of the following:
• Click the Rotate and Skew tool and drag any of the sprite’s handles. Use Alt-drag (Windows)
or Option-drag (Macintosh) to maintain the sprite’s proportions as you resize.
• Enter new values on the Sprite tab in the Property inspector.
Director resizes the sprite at the current skew or rotation angle.
To restore a skewed or rotated sprite to its original orientation:
• Select Modify > Transform > Reset Rotation and Skew or Reset All.
To skew a sprite with script:
• Set the skew sprite property. For more information about this property, see the Scripting
Reference topics in the Director Help Panel.
Skew
Rotate