# \_visible = false affecting processor?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-visible-false-affecting-processor/231358>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 4, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-visible-false-affecting-processor/231358 "2007-07-04T01:26:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-visible-false-affecting-processor/231358/1 "2007-07-04T01:26:24Z")

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{  
Not having a movie clip on the stage until needed (attachMovie when it’s time, and then kill it as soon as it’s temporarily of no use)

v.

\_visible = false  
}

^ Is there a difference in processor demand? When setting visible to false, it seems to me that a few extra variables would need to be stored for the movie clip…\_x, \_y, \_width, \_height, \_alpha, etc., etc., etc…but I wasn’t sure how Flash goes about handling these things or which was better practice?