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Class CL_SpriteDescription

This class contains everything to construct a sprite - its data, default settings etc. More...

Derived from: none
Derived by: none
Group: Display (Sprites)

#include <ClanLib/display.h>

Construction:

Constructs a sprite description.

Attributes:

FramePair	CL_PixelBuffer provider, CL_Rect position.
get_frames	Returns a list over all available frames.
get_surface_flag	Returns the surface flag to be used.

Operations:

operator =	Copy assignment operator.
set_surface_flag	Sets what surface flag CL_Sprite should use for its surfaces.
add_frame	Adds a single image.
add_gridclipped_frames	Adds images formed in a grid.
add_alphaclipped_frames	Adds images separated with pure alpha (within trans_limit).
add_alphaclipped_frames_free	Adds images separated with pure alpha (within trans_limit).
add_paletteclipped_frames	Adds images separated with palette-colours defining the boundaries.

Detailed description:

!group=Display/Sprites! !header=display.h!

CL_SpriteDescription is used by CL_Sprite to construct itself based on the description. The description class give a big flexibility creating a sprite, individual frames can come from different image sources, or be cut out from an image source using various different techniques.

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