MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual page 74

To rotate or skew a sprite with the Property inspector:
Select the sprite you want to rotate or skew and click the Sprite tab in the Property inspector
1
(List view).
To rotate the selected sprite, display the Rotation pop-up menu and enter the number of degrees
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in the Rotation text box.
To skew the selected sprite, display the Skew pop-up menu and enter the number of degrees in
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the Skew text box.
To resize a rotated or skewed sprite, do one of the following:
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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.
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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:
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Select Modify > Transform > Reset Rotation and Skew or Reset All.
To skew a sprite with script:
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Set the sprite property. For more information about this property, see the Scripting
skew
Reference topics in the Director Help Panel.
74 Chapter 3: Sprites
Rotate
Skew