# DisplacementMapFilter distorting everything, even ui

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displacementmapfilter-distorting-everything-even-ui/324436>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 21, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displacementmapfilter-distorting-everything-even-ui/324436 "2011-08-21T04:10:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![xytor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/90ced4/32.png) [@xytor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xytor)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displacementmapfilter-distorting-everything-even-ui/324436/1 "2011-08-21T04:10:54Z")

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Hi, I have a displacement map filter applied to a movie clip that covers the entire viewable area, but it is distorting everything, even static text that’s in the .fla.

Is there any way to have unaffected objects above the filter?