Re: FLASH: x,y coordinate question

[Ray Broussard]

> I am confused about the coordinate system

> inside a movie clip. When I move an object

> around inside the clip, the x coordinates

> functions as I expect: left of center =

> a negative number and right of center =

> a positive number. But, the y coordinates

> seem backward to me: north of center =

> a negative number and south of center =

> a positive number.

> 

> Is it just like that and I should live with it?

> Am I doing something wrong?

> Is this a coordinate system of which I am unaware?


Yep, it just like that. On computer displays, positive pixels are below and

to the right of the origin which is usually at the top left of the screen,

window or object.



Ray Broussard

http://PhotographicVR.com



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