# Enlarging a movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enlarging-a-movie-clip/15002>\
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**Created:** [March 5, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enlarging-a-movie-clip/15002 "2003-03-05T04:35:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![lava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@lava](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lava)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enlarging-a-movie-clip/15002/1 "2003-03-05T04:35:02Z")

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hmm… I want to enlarge a movie clip while the mouse is over it… how can I do that? should I have a movie clip inside a movie clip?

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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:** [March 5, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enlarging-a-movie-clip/15002/2 "2003-03-05T05:32:52Z")

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[http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15707](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15707)

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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:** [March 5, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enlarging-a-movie-clip/15002/3 "2003-03-05T05:41:35Z")

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thanks man… I guess I just have a thing against onEnterFrame that just makes me not get things…

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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:** [March 5, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enlarging-a-movie-clip/15002/4 "2003-03-05T05:43:44Z")

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hehe, onEnterFrame and onClipEvent(enterFrame) are very very important in Flash.

Actually all the handlers are. You should study them hard 🙂

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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:** [March 5, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enlarging-a-movie-clip/15002/5 "2003-03-05T05:48:45Z")

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Yeah, I use them all the time, but the thing about it is that I’m really not sure about how much processor thinking they take… I mean, one can keep the number of operations linear, but if you do complicated stuff things can grow exponentially… and half the time you dont even need a function thats under an onEnterFrame handler, but it’s loaded.  
Maybe I worry too much…

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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:** [March 5, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enlarging-a-movie-clip/15002/6 "2003-03-05T05:52:48Z")

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if you have too many enterFrame processes running at once, then it slows things down. But that is if you have lots of them running.

Flash is most CPU intensive when it comes to complicated math. This particular effect isn’t like that. I am talking particle systems and 3d engines and math things that are heavily used.

Or just lots of tweens and motion occuring at the same time.