# Masking imported movie

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-imported-movie/59495
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 1, 2004, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-imported-movie/59495 "2004-08-01T09:59:11Z")
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### Author: ![paulsully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@paulsully](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulsully)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2004, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-imported-movie/59495/1 "2004-08-01T09:59:11Z")

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I have been trying and trying, i just can’t suss it, please would someone help.

I need to click on a button to load an external movieclip into an empty clip that is in my main movie.  
I can get the clip to load ok but my movie clips are often odd sizes and i need to mask the imported movie just showing the actual movies size, howcani do this? iu have tried masking the empty clip, then the imported clip, nothing worked??

is there a way of making the mask the same size as the imported movie?

help

Paul UK

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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 1, 2004, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-imported-movie/59495/2 "2004-08-01T10:30:30Z")

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maybe you can get the width and height of the loaded movie, and then set the mask’s width and height to that. BTW, welcome to the forums.

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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 1, 2004, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-imported-movie/59495/3 "2004-08-01T10:48:16Z")

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this might help :  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader\_transition.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader_transition.htm)

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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 1, 2004, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-imported-movie/59495/4 "2004-08-01T11:12:32Z")

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> [@kokoi](#):
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> this might help :  
> [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader\_transition.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader_transition.htm)

Thanks for that, that looks like what i need to learn.

by the way, heres my silly website with some flash animated stuff if you are interested, its only basic but i’m a novice.

[http://www.sullyworld.co.uk](http://www.sullyworld.co.uk)

thanks again

Paul the Brilliant  
3rd Earl of Royston  
UK