# 'Negative' height?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/negative-height/227203>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 28, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/negative-height/227203 "2007-05-28T13:25:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![saevik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@saevik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/saevik)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/negative-height/227203/1 "2007-05-28T13:25:58Z")

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Hi :?)

I want to be able to adjust a movie clip’s height upwards, without having to change the rotation of the movie clip. Using the tools, ALT + free transform tool does exactly what I am looking for, but the \_yscale property in AS scales it both up and downwards and isn’t capable of the ‘alt’ trick, savvy?  
Have a look at the illustration below to see what I mean, and of course, I am looking for a way to do this in AS.

![](http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2650/81883177ij5.png)

Thanks,

Peter :beam: