# Expanding the canvas

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expanding-the-canvas/61809>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 22, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expanding-the-canvas/61809 "2004-08-22T01:56:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![patricktheking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@patricktheking](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/patricktheking)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expanding-the-canvas/61809/1 "2004-08-22T01:56:45Z")

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Hey I have a gamein flash that I’m working on and the map is too large to fit on the workarea provided ( the grey area…)

is there a way to expand the grey area and make it bigger so i can fit bigger graphics in?

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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:** [August 22, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expanding-the-canvas/61809/2 "2004-08-22T02:00:27Z")

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Umm…I’m not positive but I think you can go to edit/preferences and make the work area bigger

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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:** [August 22, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expanding-the-canvas/61809/3 "2004-08-22T02:04:38Z")

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i dun see anything there… i just looked

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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:** [August 22, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expanding-the-canvas/61809/4 "2004-08-22T05:52:02Z")

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> [@patricktheking](#):
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> i dun see anything there… i just looked

you must change the dimensions of your canvas. (height, width).  
Just right-click on the gray area, and select “Document Properties”. There you will see height and width. Just make those numbers bigger.

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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:** [August 22, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expanding-the-canvas/61809/5 "2004-08-22T06:02:18Z")

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tat makes the stage bigger

i want the actual grey area to enlarge

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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:** [August 22, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expanding-the-canvas/61809/6 "2004-08-22T06:15:19Z")

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that must be a REALLY big graphic you got there…

when movie plays, it does not show graphic, that is OUTSIDE the stage area… SO make the stage as large as you need(PS! the “gray” area will go also bigger, if you make the stage big enough).

PS! height max - 2880px  
width max - 2880 px