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Sprites
sprite_desaturate(sprite) Converts a sprite to grayscale.
sprite_edit_begin(sprite) Begins a sprite editing session. Drawing commands are directed to an editable sprite until companion function sprite_edit_end() is called.
sprite_edit_end(session) Ends a sprite editing session, altering the graphics of the original sprite.
sprite_invert_color(sprite) Inverts the colors of a given sprite.
sprite_replace_color(sprite,oldcolor,newcolor) Replaces one color in a given sprite for another color.
sprite_replace_color_blend(sprite,oldcolor,newcolor,trancolor,htol,stol,vtol,blend) Creates a new sprite from a given sprite, replacing one color for another with optional color blending.
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