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copied!<p>The short answer is that you will want to use <a href="http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00001400.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BitmapData.copyPixels()</a> to copy only a small section from your source sprite sheet to your display sprite that is actually on the screen.</p> <p>Something like:</p> <pre><code>private function DrawSpriteIndex( displayBitmap:Bitmap, spriteSheet:Bitmap, spriteIndex:int ):void { var spriteW:int = 32; var spriteH:int = 32; var sheetW:int = 5; displayBitmap.bitmapData.copyPixels(spriteSheet.bitmapData, new Rectangle( (spriteIndex % sheetW) * spriteW, Math.floor(spriteIndex / sheetW) * spriteH, 32, 32), new Point(0,0) ); } </code></pre> <p>You may find these links helpful -- they helped me when I was learning this:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.8bitrocket.com/2008/07/02/tutorial-as3-the-basics-of-tile-sheet-animation-or-blitting/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.8bitrocket.com/2008/07/02/tutorial-as3-the-basics-of-tile-sheet-animation-or-blitting/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.8bitrocket.com/newsdisplay.aspx?newspage=13430" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.8bitrocket.com/newsdisplay.aspx?newspage=13430</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.8bitrocket.com/newsdisplay.aspx?newspage=14591" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.8bitrocket.com/newsdisplay.aspx?newspage=14591</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.8bitrocket.com/newsdisplay.aspx?newspage=15967" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.8bitrocket.com/newsdisplay.aspx?newspage=15967</a></li> </ul>

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