# Off stage images being exported/published

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/off-stage-images-being-exported-published/67486>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 16, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/off-stage-images-being-exported-published/67486 "2004-10-16T17:14:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![fxm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fxm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fxm)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/off-stage-images-being-exported-published/67486/1 "2004-10-16T17:14:53Z")

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I have created a nice little animation that requires some off-stage starting points and ending points. My issue is that when I export the .swf the entire range of any image used in the animation is published. I simply want the stage published. An earlier post mentioned a mask that would crop the published data, is this what I need to do? If so is there a tutorial available that would instruct me on how to mask all but the stage?