Page 20 - Super Scratch Programming Adventure -1st Edition

A Guided Tour of the Scratch Interface!

Palette Rotation Settings
Each of these eight buttons You can control how Stage Settings
lets you choose functions a sprite rotates in There are three ways
(called blocks) for program- three ways: Sprite Information to display the Stage,
ming your sprites. You can • Can rotate freely This section shows where your creation
combine these command • Can face only left the sprite’s name, appears:
blocks in stacks to cre- or right position, and direc- • Small
ate programs that control • No rotating tion it is facing (the • Normal
objects on the screen. allowed little blue line). • Full Screen

Sprite Toolbar
Contains the Duplicate, Delete,
Grow, and Shrink tools

Scripts Area
Here’s where you build your programs.
Stacking blocks together here lets you
control the sprites in your project. Click
one of the three tabs at the top to change Sprite List New Sprite Buttons
to other functions: Here are the charac- There are three ways
ters and objects you’ve to add a sprite:
Scripts: Allows you to drag command created, including the • Draw a new one
blocks from the Palette and piece them Stage itself. Click the • Import an image
together to write a program icons to edit each that already exists
Costumes: Allows you to draw, import, or sprite individually. • Let Scratch choose
edit images for a sprite one at random
Sounds: Allows you to record or import Stage
sound files for a sprite to use Displays your creation

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