Designing Games with Game Maker - YoYo Games

• Create from file. Creates the sprite from a file. Many file types can be used. They all
create a sprite consisting of a single image, except for animated GIF files that are split
into the subimages. Please note that the transparency color is the bottommost
leftmost pixel, not the transparency color in the GIF file. You can select multiple
images which will then all be loaded. They must though have the same size.
• Add from file. Adda an image (or images) from a file to the current sprite. If the
images do not have the same size you can choose where to place them or to stretch
them. You can select multiple images which will then all be loaded. They must though
have the same size.
• Save as GIF. Saves the sprite as an animated gif.
• Save as strip. Saves the sprite as a bitmap, with all images next to each other.
• Create from strip. Allows you to create a sprite from a strip. See below for more
information.
• Add from strip. Use this to add images from a strip. See below.
• Close saving changes. Closes the form, saving the changes made to the sprite. If
Edit menu
you don't want to save the changes, click on the close button of the window.
The edit menu contains a number of commands that deal with the currently selected sprite.
You can cut it to the clipboard, paste an image from the clipboard, clear the current sprite,
delete it, and move sprites left and right in the sequence. Finally, there is a command to edit
an individual image using the built-in painting program (see below).
Transform menu
In the transform menu you can perform a number of transformations on the images.
• Mirror horizontal. Mirrors the images horizontally.
• Flip vertical. Flips the images vertically.
• Shift. Here you can shift the images an indicated amount horizontally and vertically.
• Rotate. You can rotate the images 90 degrees, 180 degrees, or an arbitrary amount.
In the latter case you can also specify the quality. Experiment to get the best effects.
• Resize Canvas. Here you can change the size of the canvas. You can also indicate
where the old images are placed on the new canvas.
• Stretch. Here you can stretch the images into a new size. You can indicate the scale
factor and the quality.