# Cropping swf files? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 29, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cropping-swf-files/7380 "2002-10-29T20:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sonmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@sonmi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sonmi)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cropping-swf-files/7380/1 "2002-10-29T20:33:32Z")
i tend to start working on flash documents in the center of the canvas, not knowing how big it will actually get. eventually i come to a size i’m satisfied with, but there’s a big chunk of empty space on the top and left sides. i know how to change the movie size, but that only appears to crop off whatever is on the bottom or right sides of the movie. is there any way where i can crop the movie on all sides? i don’t want to have to deal with moving each individual keyframe to the top left hand corner of the screen each time… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cropping-swf-files/7380/2 "2002-10-29T20:41:33Z")
The only way to resize your document would be through the regular way :-\ You could just mask your content in a box the size you want I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cropping-swf-files/7380/3 "2002-10-30T00:47:17Z")
Could you maybe select all of your keyframes then copy & paste into a blank movie clip? Then you just need to position the mc. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cropping-swf-files/7380/4 "2002-10-30T02:02:57Z")
True as well.