# Here's one for all the guru's - lol

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 25, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/heres-one-for-all-the-gurus-lol/295145 "2009-08-25T22:47:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/heres-one-for-all-the-gurus-lol/295145/1 "2009-08-25T22:47:28Z")

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Ok - lets see how smart you all are (and without examples).  
I have an mc that I dynamically add to the stage and set it to the same width and height as the stage. Inside this mc is another mc that I dynamically add an image to. I wait till its fully loaded and then center the image horizontally. So far so good.  
But I also want to offset vertically that image (e.g. .\_y = -40). What I end up with is a full size stage but a containing clip that is 40 pixels shorter - so if the mc had a background color of red and the whole movie/stage had a backgroud of green, then I would have a 40 pixel green strip across the bottom.  
Does an mc that you load an image into not resize to the height of the containing image??  
Any help greatly appreciated.:emb: