# Flipping the clip horizontally without changing the position

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-the-clip-horizontally-without-changing-the-position/311902>\
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**Created:** [July 20, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-the-clip-horizontally-without-changing-the-position/311902 "2010-07-20T03:36:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![OMG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@OMG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OMG)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-the-clip-horizontally-without-changing-the-position/311902/1 "2010-07-20T03:36:58Z")

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Hi  
I’ve loaded a clip in my main swf and I want to flip it by using scaleX\*=-1  
the problem is that in my clip, the animation is at the center of the stage so when I load it and flip it using scaleX instead of staying at the same place it flips by using the top left corner of the clip as a pivot instead of the center of the animation itself

I could either solve this problem by placing the center of my animation on the point (0,0) in the clip or flip then rearrange the clip’s x position inside my main swf…but is there a more effective method?

thanks