Time for action – importing an image into the Animation Editor
The game file to import and load for this session is 5961_05_01.stencyl
.
Before proceeding with the following steps, we must ensure that we have downloaded the file 5961_05_monkey_angel_actor.png
from this book's download page on the Packt Publishing website at www.packtpub.com, and have saved it into a folder on our hard disk so that we can easily locate it when required.
Note
Some of the smaller buttons used in this session are represented by onscreen icons and are not labeled with a text description. Hovering the mouse over any button will display a tooltip stating the button's function.
Display the monkey actor in the Animation Editor by clicking on the Dashboard tab, then selecting Actor Types, and double-clicking on the Stencyl Book Monkey icon.
Ensure that the Appearance button at the upper-center of the main panel (shown in the following screenshot) is selected; we should see the existing monkey animations in the Animations...