# Duplicating movie clips

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**Created:** [January 22, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-movie-clips/40880 "2004-01-22T23:50:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbassett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@jbassett](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jbassett)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-movie-clips/40880/1 "2004-01-22T23:50:30Z")

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Questions,

How do you duplicate a movie clip (say if you where using it as a template to make several of the same type of MC’s) with out each one taking on the characteristics of the one you duplicated. WHOO. I hope that made sense.

I am using a MC to display my portfolio and have many of these to create. I would like to duplicate one and be able to switch certain elements. But everytime I do and make changes to the new MC, it changes the old one as well.

Is this possible.

Thank you in advance

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