To change sprite Absolute and Relative position

When you add new sprites, they are intially placed in the upper left corner of the Screen Saver working area. They can change the sprite Initial Position (X: Horizontal and Y: Vertical).

 To change Absolute Position

1. Select the sprite in the Screen Saver Document window.

2. Choose Project/Sprite Properties or Right click and choose Properties.

3. Click on the Size and Position tab.

4. In the Absolute Position group, enter here the X coordinate of the Initial position of the sprite of screen (from -640 to 1280). ). 0 means the left border and 640 the right border of the screen. This value indicates the position of the sprite's hot spot on the screen (not necessary the position of the upper-left corner of the sprite - see hot spot definition). Sprite initial position can also be specified using drag & drop in the screen saver document window.

5. In the Absolute Position Group, enter here the Y coordinate of the Initial position of the sprite on screen (from -480 to 960). 0 means the top border and 480 the bottom border of the screen. This value indicates the position of the sprite's hot spot on the screen (not necessary the position of the upper-left corner of the sprite - see hot spot definition). Sprite initial position can also be specified using drag & drop in the screen saver document window.

Note

• The visible screen coordinates are always specified from (0,0: top-left) to (640,480: bottom-right). Of course if you launch your screen saver on a 1024x768 display for example, the sprites coordinates will be recalculated accordingly. You can specify a coordinate outside of the visible area to make a sprite initially hidden.

 To change Relative Position

1. Select the sprite in the Screen Saver Document window.

2. Choose Project/Sprite Properties or Right Click and choose Properties.

3. In the Hot Spot Relative Position group, enter here the X (horizontal) relative position of the hot spot within the sprite.

4. In the Hot Spot Relative Position group, enter here the Y (vertical) relative position of the hot spot within the sprite.

5. Click to specify the hot spot relative position within the sprite. When you click in the image, the X and Y values (at the bottom) are updated accordingly.

Note

• The sprite position is defined by the absolute position of the hot spot (in the screen coordinates) and by the relative position of the hot spot within the sprite (in percent). If relative position is (0%, 0%) the absolute position of the sprite is based on the position of the upper-left corner of the sprite. If relative position is (100%, 100%) the absolute position of the sprite is based on the position of the bottom-right corner of the sprite. By default the relative position is (50%, 50%): the center of the sprite.