Question

Is there a way to change a graphic, but keep the properties across frames such as size and positioning, so that the new graphic does everything the same? That’s pretty much all I can ask since I don’t really know where to start.

Answer 1

You have quite a few options, here are two:

1) transfer across all the properties you need to your new sprite/graphic
eg.

myNewSprite.x = myOldSprite.x;
myNewSprite.width = myOldSprite.width;
myNewSprite.height = myOldSprite.height;
myNewSprite.rotation = myOldSprite.rotation;
this.removeChild(myOldSprite);
this.addChild(myNewSprite);

2) keep your graphics within a containing sprite add instead of altering the graphics directly alter the containers properties.

myContainerSprite.rotation = 180;
myContainerSprite.x = 200;
myContainerSprite.removeChild(redTriangle);
myContainerSprite.addChild(blueTriangle);