Introducing Scratch

The Editor
Find your way around the Scratch editor…

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01: STAGE and can be found in the

A project contains ‘sprites’ categories at the top of
which you add code to. the blocks palette.
Sprites appear on the
stage and can be coded 03: SCRIPTS AREA
to move around, make Drag blocks from the
sounds, and do lots of palette to this area and
other things. create scripts by clicking
them together.
02: BLOCKS PALETTE
Code blocks can be used 04: BACKPACK
to control your sprites Add scripts to your
and stage backdrop. All backpack to use them
blocks are colour-coded, in other projects.

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05: SPRITE LIST 12: MOUSE POINTER

CO-ORDINATES
This shows all of the
sprites in your project.
13: SHARE
You can click the blue
information icon on If you have a Scratch
any sprite to change account, you can share
its name and how your projects with
it behaves. the community.

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 EE PROJECT
Change how your PAGE
stage looks by adding Add instructions and
new backdrops. other notes to your
project, and see how
07: FULL-SCREEN others in the community
Make your stage are interacting with it.
full‑screen so that others
can see your creation in 15: TIPS
its full glory. Get project tutorials,
tips on using Scratch,
08: PROJECT NAME and learn more about
how each block works.
09: START/STOP
YOUR PROJECT 16: ZOOM
10: CURSOR TOOLS 17: MENU
Duplicate , Delete , Use the menu to load,
Grow , and Shrink save, and browse your
a sprite (by clicking an projects, and access loads
icon and then a sprite of other useful options.
on the stage). Click the
Block Help tool , then 18: MY STUFF
a block in the palette to This is where your
learn more about it. projects are stored online.

11: SCRIPTS/
COSTUMES/
SOUNDS TABS
Switch between coding
your project, and adding
costumes and sounds.

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Costumes Tab
Click on this tab to open the paint editor

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01: NEW COSTUME 03: CANVAS

Add costumes to a sprite This is the canvas where
by adding them from you edit a costume.
the Scratch library ,
drawing your own , 04: COSTUME NAME
uploading an image from You can change the
your computer , or name of a costume,
using your webcam to so that you can find it
take a picture. more easily.

02: COSTUMES LIST 05: TOOLS

Your sprite’s costumes You can use these tools
will appear here, and you to edit your image. You
can click one to start can add lines, shapes and
editing it. text, as well as adding
colour, and lots more.

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06: UNDO/REDO them, and your costumes

Use these arrows to undo and backgrounds will
or redo your last action. look really good when
you make them bigger.
07: CLEAR When you create a new
Clear the current costume, the editor will
costume and start again! be in Bitmap mode by
default. In Bitmap mode,
08: ADD you can’t easily move or
Add another costume resize shapes you have
image from the drawn, but some people
Scratch library. find it easier to get
started with. When you
09: IMPORT edit an existing costume,
Add another the editor will be in the
costume image from mode that the costume
your computer. was created with.

10: FLIP 14: COLOUR PALETTE

Flip costume horizontally Use this palette to
or vertically . choose a colour.

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 OSTUME 15: COLOUR PICKER
CENTRE Use this to pick up a
Set your costume’s colour on your costume.
centre, which is used
when moving and 16: LINE SIZE
rotating your sprite. Move this slider to
change the line size used
12: ZOOM when drawing.
Use these icons to
zoom in and out of your 17: COLOUR SWITCH
costume as you edit it. Switch between two
selected colours.
13: BITMAP/VECTOR
MODE 18: SWITCH PALETTE
The paint editor has two Change the colour
modes – Bitmap and palette to ‘advanced’,
Vector. In Vector mode to give you access to
(shown here), the editor more shades.
lets you to edit shapes
after you have created

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Sounds Tab
Change the sounds your sprites make

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07 VOLUME
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microphone volume
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louder sounds.

01: NEW SOUND 06: PLAYBACK

You can add sounds to a CONTROLS
sprite (or the stage) from Listen to your sound, or
the Scratch library , by record a new one.
recording your own (if you
have a microphone) , 07: EDIT
or by uploading a sound Remix your sound
from your computer . by cutting, copying,
and pasting.
02: SOUNDS LIST
Your sprite/stage’s sounds 08: EFFECTS
appear here, and you can Add effects to your
click one to start editing it. sound, such as fading in
and out or reversing.
03: SOUND NAME
You can change the name 09: SOUND WAVE
of a sound, so that you This is what your
can find it more easily. sound looks like! You
can select a part of
04: UNDO/REDO your sound to edit by
Undo or redo your dragging over it using
last action. the mouse.

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