# Cropping?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cropping/22576>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 5, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cropping/22576 "2003-06-05T18:03:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![dexa\_007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f17d59/32.png) [@dexa\_007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dexa_007)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cropping/22576/1 "2003-06-05T18:03:23Z")

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Hey hey, my fine friends. Can we crop pictures in Flash MX? How about cropping a movie clip? Hmm, now that would be cool.

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**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:** [June 5, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cropping/22576/2 "2003-06-05T18:07:47Z")

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pictures you can break apart (CTRL+B) and shape and mold like any other drawn shape in Flash. Otherwise youd want to use masks. Look up masks in Flash help. Theres an explanation on how to use them there.