# Can anyone explain this?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-anyone-explain-this/267494>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 1, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-anyone-explain-this/267494 "2008-08-01T20:21:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![rondog](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/rondog/32/2478_2.png) [@rondog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rondog)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-anyone-explain-this/267494/1 "2008-08-01T20:21:04Z")

</div>

I have an external swf. The SWF is 576x432.

I load it into another SWF and trace the swf’s dimensions and it says its 616 x 472.

Thats an extra 40 pixels wide and high. I have another SWF thats the same size and it traces out:

406 x 364.45

I attached a small example.