# Mysterious image shrinking problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mysterious-image-shrinking-problem/264125>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 23, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mysterious-image-shrinking-problem/264125 "2008-06-23T13:51:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![aligray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@aligray](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aligray)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mysterious-image-shrinking-problem/264125/1 "2008-06-23T13:51:43Z")

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Hi i have a simple movie clip that should load an external image into it. however, it shrinks the image so that it doesnt quite fill the mc, no matter what size i make the external image (even the same size as the mc)

the code is…

this.onLoad=function(){  
loadMovie(“[http://www.aligray.co.uk/files/portfolio/cine11.jpg](http://www.aligray.co.uk/files/portfolio/cine11.jpg)”, imagesMC);  
imagesMC.\_alpha=0;  
}  
this.onEnterFrame=function(){  
imagesMC.\_alpha+=10;  
}

Why oh why does this happen??