# Attach movie particles (distribution question)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attach-movie-particles-distribution-question/237255>\
**Category:** open source\
**Created:** [August 28, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attach-movie-particles-distribution-question/237255 "2007-08-28T17:47:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![James001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@James001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/James001)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attach-movie-particles-distribution-question/237255/1 "2007-08-28T17:47:02Z")

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Hi I am trying to create some new effects where I attach multiple copies of a movie clip to another object. In this example it is another movieclip.

The problem I am experiencing is how to randomly distribute the clips over the object. I know I should be attaching them directly to the movie clip but haven’t got it to work so far.

I thought about adding a hitTest so that they will only be visible when they are directly over my main movie clip.

I welcome any criticism over the way this has been set up. I welcome any ideas on a more flexible way to set this up. Please put me out my misery.