Sprite Renderer reference

The SpriteA 2D graphic objects. If you are used to working in 3D, Sprites are essentially just standard textures but there are special techniques for combining and managing sprite textures for efficiency and convenience during development. More info
See in Glossary Renderer component renders 2D sprite textures in a sceneA Scene contains the environments and menus of your game. Think of each unique Scene file as a unique level. In each Scene, you place your environments, obstacles, and decorations, essentially designing and building your game in pieces. More info
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Using the Sprite RendererA component that lets you display images as Sprites for use in both 2D and 3D scenes. More info
See in Glossary, you can adjust the color of a sprite, manage flipping options, and define rendering properties.

General settings

Value	Description
Sprite	Define which sprite texture the component should render. Click the circle icon to the right to open the object picker window, and select from the list of available sprite assets.
Open Sprite Editor	Click this button to open the Sprite Editor window to edit the currently selected sprite. - Note: If the 2D Sprite package isn’t installed, a button to install the 2D Sprite package will be available instead.
Color	Define the vertex color of the sprite, which tints or recolors the Sprite’s image. Use the color picker to set the vertex color of the rendered sprite texture. See the Change the color of a sprite section for examples.
Flip	Flip the sprite texture along the checked axis. This doesn’t flip the Transform position of the GameObject.
Draw Mode	Define how the sprite scales when its dimensions change. Select one of the following options from the drop-down box. Simple: The entire image scales when its dimensions change. This is the default option. Sliced: Select this mode if the sprite is 9-sliced. Size: Enter the sprite’s new Width and Height to scale the 9-sliced sprite. You can also use the Rect Transform Tool to scale the sprite while applying 9-slicing properties. Tiled: By default, this mode causes the middle of the 9-Sliced sprite to tile instead of scale when its dimensions change. Use - Tile Mode to control the tiling behavior of the sprite. Continuous: This is the default - Tile Mode. In Continuous mode, the midsection tiles evenly when the sprite dimensions change. Adaptive: In Adaptive mode, the sprite texture stretches when its dimensions change, similar to Simple mode. When the scale of the changed dimensions meets the Stretch Value, the midsection begins to tile. Stretch Value: Use the slider to set the value between 0 and 1. The max value is 1, which represents double the original Sprite’s scale.
Mask Interaction	Set how the Sprite Renderer behaves when interacting with a Sprite MaskA texture which defines which areas of an underlying image to reveal or hide. More info See in Glossary. See examples of the different options in the Mask Interaction section. None: The Sprite Renderer doesn’t interact with any Sprite Masks in the Scene. This is the default option. Visible Inside Mask: The sprite is visible where the Sprite Mask overlays it, but not outside of it. Visible Outside Mask: The sprite is visible outside of the Sprite Mask, but not inside it. The Sprite Mask hides the sections of the sprite it overlays.
Sprite Sort Point	Choose between the Sprite’s Center or its Pivot Point when calculating the distance between the sprite and the camera. See the section on Sprite Sort Point for further details. Center: Select this to have Unity measure the distance between the camera’s Transform position and the Center of the sprite to determine its render order. Pivot: Select the - Pivot option. Edit the sprite’s Pivot position in the Sprite Editor.
Material	Select the material for newly created sprites. The default material is - sprites - Default. Click the circle icon to open the object picker window and select other materials. - Tip: Lighting doesn’t affect this default sprite material. To have the sprite react to lighting, use the object picker window and select the - Default - Diffuse material instead.

Additional Settings

Value	Description
Sorting Layer	Set the Sorting Layer of the sprite, which controls its priority during rendering. Select an existing Sorting Layer from the drop-down box, or create a new Sorting Layer. Default: The default layer the sprite is on. Add Sorting Layer ⋮: Select this to create a new sorting layer for the selected sprite.
Order in Layer	Set the render priority of the sprite within its Sorting Layer. Lower-numbered sprites are rendered first, with higher-numbered sprites overlapping those below.

Additional resources

Set the sort point of a sprite

Placeholder sprites

Unity Manual

Sprite Renderer reference

General settings

Additional Settings

Additional resources