# Lame question about stage clipping

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lame-question-about-stage-clipping/266499
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 21, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lame-question-about-stage-clipping/266499 "2008-07-21T15:52:26Z")
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### Author: ![pocom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5ac83/32.png) [@pocom](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pocom)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lame-question-about-stage-clipping/266499/1 "2008-07-21T15:52:26Z")

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Hi there,

First of all, I must say this is a very useful forum and browsing thru the threads helped me a lot. This is the 1st time I post here. I couldn’t find the answer to my question, maybe one knows an easy solution.

The problem is, I have some sprites on my stage, and I want them to clip once they’re out of the area (should be 550x400 in my case). I am using Flex, so I thought the compiler option -default-size 550 400 must be enough. After this, I’ve tried trace(stage.stageWidth) and the result is 1600.

Something tells me that I’m maybe totally wrong assuming that I need to manipulate the stage object. I have a complex solution (draw to a back buffer and flip it on each new frame) but thought maybe someone could show me the easier & more correct way.

Here it goes: **how do I make my sprites & everything clip outside the 550x400 area?**

Thank you in advance