Creating Stories and Games with Scratch - Adventures in Raspberry Pi - page 44

Creating Costumes and
Original Sprites
Of course, you won't always want to use Scratch Cat as your sprite—you may want
other animals, people, astronauts, flowers or even a basketball! Scratch has its own
sprite library, much like the background image library, which you can use to get more
sprites for your project. You can also edit these sprites, or simply draw original sprites
of your own.
Using the Scratch Sprite Image
Library
To use a sprite design from the Scratch Sprite Library click the Choose New Sprite
from File icon at the top of the Sprites palette (the icon with the folder and star), as
shown in Figure 3-7. Browse through the hings, People and Animals folders until you
ind a sprite you want to use. Select it and click OK to add it to your Sprites palette.
FIGURE 3-7 Using the Sprite Image Library
Editing an Existing Sprite
Select a sprite from the Sprites palette. In the centre pane, click the Costumes tab to
switch from Scripts to Costumes. To edit the sprite, click the Edit button next to the