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Hi,
Is there a way to display a section of an image that is the same size as the canvas itself? For example, if you were to have two actors, one is an image, the other a canvas, if you made the canvas much smaller than the image, could you get rid of everything outside the canvas without adding any extra actors?
Thanks

It would be a matter of doing this:
Resize the canvas to the size of the image you want left-over;
Put in the following code [with corresponding modifications]:

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draw_from("actor_name", actorname.width/2, actorname.height/2, 1);
// replace 'actor_name' with the actors name.
// the two after the name are x & y drawing positions,
//     It's currently drawing the top left corner of the image, at the top left of the canvas
//     add -20 or however much to the end of each to draw further into the image
// 1 is the scale of the image, sizing it up and down... for this you
//     shouldn't bother modifying it.


e.g.,

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draw_from("a_image", a_image.width/2 -40, a_image.height/2 -40, 1);
// Will draw the actor a_image 40 pixels in.
// For example, my avatar is 80x80 pixels, so this would only draw the bottom right corner
// if it was "a_image.width/2 -40, a_image.height/2" it would draw the right half of my avatar.


I didn't explain this very well... so ask again with other specifics and I'll try again.

That works fine, but how would you move the image around (Like scrolling) whilst the canvas is in the same place?