The addition of the Matrix class has allowed for new ways of MovieClip manipulation. Anyone familiar with Director will recall the sprite quad property, which allowed for rotation, skewing, and distortion by manipulating the corners of a sprite. Due to limitations of the Matrix class distortion is not possible, but the Tri class will give you the other two. Give it a try [ view | download | code ]

Special thanks to Senocular for this amazing tutorial which heightened my understanding of the Matrix class.