PIXI

Class: MovieClip

PIXI.extras. MovieClip

A MovieClip is a simple way to display an animation depicted by a list of textures.

let alienImages = ["image_sequence_01.png","image_sequence_02.png","image_sequence_03.png","image_sequence_04.png"];
let textureArray = [];

for (let i=0; i < 4; i++)
{
     let texture = PIXI.Texture.fromImage(alienImages[i]);
     textureArray.push(texture);
};

let mc = new PIXI.MovieClip(textureArray);

new PIXI.extras.MovieClip(textures)

extras/MovieClip.js, line 32
Name Type Description
textures Array.<PIXI.Texture> | Array.<FrameObject>

an array of PIXI.Texture or frame
objects that make up the animation

Extends

Members

anchor

Copies the anchor to the sprite.

cacheAsBitmapboolean

Set this to true if you want this display object to be cached as a bitmap.
This basically takes a snap shot of the display object as it is at that moment. It can
provide a performance benefit for complex static displayObjects.
To remove simply set this property to 'false'

filters

Shallow copies the array to the filters of the object.

height

Sets the height of the sprite by modifying the scale.

mask

Sets the mask.

pivot

Copies the point to the pivot of the object.

position

Copies the point to the position of the object.

rotation

Sets the rotation of the object.

scale

Copies the point to the scale of the object.

skew

Copies the point to the skew of the object.

texture

Sets the texture of the sprite.

textures

Sets the textures.

tint

Sets the tint of the sprite.

width

Sets the width of the sprite by modifying the scale.

x

Sets the X position of the object.

y

Sets the Y position of the object.

Methods

staticPIXI.extras.MovieClip.fromFrames(frames){MovieClip}

extras/MovieClip.js, line 257

A short hand way of creating a movieclip from an array of frame ids

Name Type Description
frames Array.<string>

The array of frames ids the movieclip will use as its texture frames
Returns:
Type Description
MovieClip The new movie clip with the specified frames.

staticPIXI.extras.MovieClip.fromImages(images){MovieClip}

extras/MovieClip.js, line 276

A short hand way of creating a movieclip from an array of image ids

Name Type Description
images Array.<string>

the array of image urls the movieclip will use as its texture frames
Returns:
Type Description
MovieClip The new movie clip with the specified images as frames.

inherited _recursivePostUpdateTransform()

core/display/DisplayObject.js, line 151

recursively updates transform of all objects from the root to this one
internal function for toLocal()

inherited addChild(child){PIXI.DisplayObject}

core/display/Container.js, line 55

Adds a child or multiple children to the container.

Multple items can be added like so: myContainer.addChild(thinkOne, thingTwo, thingThree)

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject repeatable

The DisplayObject(s) to add to the container
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The first child that was added.

inherited addChildAt(child, index){PIXI.DisplayObject}

core/display/Container.js, line 90

Adds a child to the container at a specified index. If the index is out of bounds an error will be thrown

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

The child to add
index number

The index to place the child in
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The child that was added.

inherited calculateBounds()

core/display/Container.js, line 303

Recalculates the bounds of the container.

inherited calculateTrimmedVertices()

core/sprites/Sprite.js, line 231

calculates worldTransform * vertices for a non texture with a trim. store it in vertexTrimmedData
This is used to ensure that the true width and height of a trimmed texture is respected

inherited calculateVertices()

core/sprites/Sprite.js, line 161

calculates worldTransform * vertices, store it in vertexData

inherited containsPoint(point){boolean}

core/sprites/Sprite.js, line 365

Tests if a point is inside this sprite

Name Type Description
point PIXI.Point

the point to test
Returns:
Type Description
boolean the result of the test

destroy()

extras/MovieClip.js, line 244

Stops the MovieClip and destroys it

inherited getBounds(skipUpdate, rect){PIXI.Rectangle}

core/display/DisplayObject.js, line 173

Retrieves the bounds of the displayObject as a rectangle object.

Name Type Description
skipUpdate boolean

setting to true will stop the transforms of the scene graph from
being updated. This means the calculation returned MAY be out of date BUT will give you a
nice performance boost
rect PIXI.Rectangle

Optional rectangle to store the result of the bounds calculation
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Rectangle the rectangular bounding area

inherited getChildAt(index){PIXI.DisplayObject}

core/display/Container.js, line 178

Returns the child at the specified index

Name Type Description
index number

The index to get the child at
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The child at the given index, if any.

inherited getChildIndex(child){number}

core/display/Container.js, line 140

Returns the index position of a child DisplayObject instance

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

The DisplayObject instance to identify
Returns:
Type Description
number The index position of the child display object to identify

inherited getLocalBounds(rect){Rectangle}

core/sprites/Sprite.js, line 333

Gets the local bounds of the sprite object.

Name Type Description
rect Rectangle

The output rectangle.
Returns:
Type Description
Rectangle The bounds.

gotoAndPlay(frameNumber)

extras/MovieClip.js, line 163

Goes to a specific frame and begins playing the MovieClip

Name Type Description
frameNumber number

frame index to start at

gotoAndStop(frameNumber)

extras/MovieClip.js, line 138

Stops the MovieClip and goes to a specific frame

Name Type Description
frameNumber number

frame index to stop at

play()

extras/MovieClip.js, line 122

Plays the MovieClip

inherited removeChild(childs){PIXI.DisplayObject}

core/display/Container.js, line 194

Removes a child from the container.

Name Type Description
childs PIXI.DisplayObject repeatable

The DisplayObject(s) to remove
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The first child that was removed.

inherited removeChildAt(index){PIXI.DisplayObject}

core/display/Container.js, line 220

Removes a child from the specified index position.

Name Type Description
index number

The index to get the child from
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The child that was removed.

inherited removeChildren(beginIndex, endIndex){Array.<DisplayObject>}

core/display/Container.js, line 241

Removes all children from this container that are within the begin and end indexes.

Name Type Default Description
beginIndex number 0 optional

The beginning position.
endIndex number this.children.length optional

The ending position. Default value is size of the container.
Returns:
Type Description
Array.<DisplayObject> List of removed children

inherited renderCanvas(renderer)

core/display/Container.js, line 474

Renders the object using the Canvas renderer

Name Type Description
renderer PIXI.CanvasRenderer

The renderer

inherited renderWebGL(renderer)

core/display/Container.js, line 354

Renders the object using the WebGL renderer

Name Type Description
renderer PIXI.WebGLRenderer

The renderer

inherited setChildIndex(child, index)

core/display/Container.js, line 158

Changes the position of an existing child in the display object container

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

The child DisplayObject instance for which you want to change the index number
index number

The resulting index number for the child display object

inherited setParent(container){PIXI.Container}

core/display/DisplayObject.js, line 340

Set the parent Container of this DisplayObject

Name Type Description
container PIXI.Container

The Container to add this DisplayObject to
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Container The Container that this DisplayObject was added to

inherited setTransform(x, y, scaleX, scaleY, rotation, skewX, skewY, pivotX, pivotY){PIXI.DisplayObject}

core/display/DisplayObject.js, line 366

Convenience function to set the postion, scale, skew and pivot at once.

Name Type Default Description
x number 0 optional

The X position
y number 0 optional

The Y position
scaleX number 1 optional

The X scale value
scaleY number 1 optional

The Y scale value
rotation number 0 optional

The rotation
skewX number 0 optional

The X skew value
skewY number 0 optional

The Y skew value
pivotX number 0 optional

The X pivot value
pivotY number 0 optional

The Y pivot value
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The DisplayObject instance

stop()

extras/MovieClip.js, line 107

Stops the MovieClip

inherited swapChildren(child, child2)

core/display/Container.js, line 119

Swaps the position of 2 Display Objects within this container.

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

First display object to swap
child2 PIXI.DisplayObject

Second display object to swap

inherited toGlobal(position, point, skipUpdate){PIXI.Point}

core/display/DisplayObject.js, line 249

Calculates the global position of the display object

Name Type Default Description
position PIXI.Point

The world origin to calculate from
point PIXI.Point optional

A Point object in which to store the value, optional
(otherwise will create a new Point)
skipUpdate boolean false optional

Should we skip the update transform.
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Point A point object representing the position of this object

inherited toLocal(position, from, point, skipUpdate){PIXI.Point}

core/display/DisplayObject.js, line 284

Calculates the local position of the display object relative to another point

Name Type Default Description
position PIXI.Point

The world origin to calculate from
from PIXI.DisplayObject optional

The DisplayObject to calculate the global position from
point PIXI.Point optional

A Point object in which to store the value, optional
(otherwise will create a new Point)
skipUpdate boolean false optional

Should we skip the update transform
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Point A point object representing the position of this object