# An introduction to Scaling images?

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**Created:** [August 21, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/an-introduction-to-scaling-images/236490 "2007-08-21T12:37:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![RaymondP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f14d63/32.png) [@RaymondP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RaymondP)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/an-introduction-to-scaling-images/236490/1 "2007-08-21T12:37:48Z")

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Im new to this so id love some help here guys i have a bvery simple background image [here](http://i13.tinypic.com/6aupw1s.png) i know i could easily reproduce it or use trace bitmap but nither of those will work with the other images in my project .

So im looking for a way to scale this using actionscript so it dosnt loose its shape its a pritty simple operation in photoshop vhop out hat middle and shove the bottom up thats basicly what im trying to do .

ive tried to use it with 9 slice scaling ive even chopped it up into 9 parts but it looks like im doing something wrong .

\can anyone point me in the right direction