# Off-stage content visible after loadMovie
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/off-stage-content-visible-after-loadmovie/18104
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 13, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/off-stage-content-visible-after-loadmovie/18104 "2003-04-13T06:22:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ausdag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ausdag)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/off-stage-content-visible-after-loadmovie/18104/1 "2003-04-13T06:22:44Z")
Hello,
I created a small 300x200 movie animation which has content on the off-stage area which is not visible when the movie is played in the browser - good. However, when I load THAT movie as an external swf into a blank movie clip using the ‘loadMovie’ script, when the movie loads into position all the off-stage content is now visible. How do I git rid of it. Do I need to use a mask layer somewhere?
Cheers,
David
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/off-stage-content-visible-after-loadmovie/18104/2 "2003-04-13T06:30:16Z")
In your 300x200 animation, mask the top layer (of visual content) with the same size and make sure all the lower layers are set to be “masked layers”
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/off-stage-content-visible-after-loadmovie/18104/3 "2003-04-13T06:38:13Z")
Thanks RedlandR. I figured it would be something like that, but just wanted to make sure there wasn’t something else I was failing to do.
Cheers,
David
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/off-stage-content-visible-after-loadmovie/18104/4 "2003-04-13T07:40:27Z")
No problem - external swf’s tend to become sorta “nekid” when imported :!:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/off-stage-content-visible-after-loadmovie/18104/5 "2003-04-13T17:46:40Z")
In publish settings, check “exact fit”
That will take care of it.
Rev 