Selecting/moving certain parts for sprites

[marinebro0306]

Is there anyway to remove a certain part of an object and move it around. For instance, if I got a sprite sheet from the internet, could I select a square around a certain sprite and move it around?

Thanks!
Jeff

[Ultra Pulse]

not in KM, use MSpaint or photoshop, Althought I wish we could.

[w.brants]

You can use a mask to accomplish that.

[marinebro0306]

You can use a mask to accomplish that.

How do I do that? I know you can use masks to only show a portion of a movie, but how can i cut something out and move it around at will?

For instance, if I drew a face as one drawing and I wanted to tilt the top part of his head and make his brains come out, but not the bottom part, how would I select only the top part and move it around if it is attached to the rest of the face?

[docree]

Simply, KoolMoves can not edit sprite sheets...
Same thing with all other Vector based programs.

Vector is "fip" data based and roster is "pixle" based.
[Roster is bmp. jpg. gif. and most sprite sheets...]

Some tricks can be done after importing the sprites into KoolMoves.
You can change the shape holding the "rastor" fill by adding points and curves.

http://albinoblacksheep.com recently had a tutorial on sprites.
[But it does not include KoolMoves.]

[w.brants]

I didn't know exactly what you ment by sprite sheets. Now I'm understanding it a bit better my advice would be to wait a few weeks until flash player 8 becomes available.

Using flash 8 scripting you could create a bitmap image from the sprite sheet.
Next step is to create a bitmap image the size of the sprite and assign it to a movieclip. Now you can copy a rectangle directly from the sprite sheet bitmap into the sprite bitmap. You would only have to change the source rectangle and copy again each frame to animate the sprite.

[w.brants]

Attached you'll find a flash 8 example to show you how you could use a sprite sheet (The sprite sheet isn't my design).

[marinebro0306]

Attached you'll find a flash 8 example to show you how you could use a sprite sheet (The sprite sheet isn't my design).

I installed Flash 8 and all I see when I open the .swf in IE is a box with a greenish gradient.

[w.brants]

Did you extract all files into a folder and open the html file ?
The sprite sheet is a separate transparent gif file. If try to run the swf file without the gif file extracted in the same folder it won't run.

[marinebro0306]

I figured it out