# Pause a moving mc w/o user control?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-a-moving-mc-w-o-user-control/183884>\
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**Created:** [March 30, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-a-moving-mc-w-o-user-control/183884 "2006-03-30T22:16:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![picklewit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@picklewit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/picklewit)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-a-moving-mc-w-o-user-control/183884/1 "2006-03-30T22:16:23Z")

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i have a mc on the stage - a strand of photos moving from left to right, like a filmstrip… i need each photo to come to center and pause for, say 7-10 seconds (no user control). i can get the filmstrip to move left to right (but only once and only controlling the time from start to end)… but can i script it such that the clip will pause where i want it to and for however long i need it to? and then move again from the new point, to the next new point? i’m having no luck. i could motion tween, but want to keep it more compact (and more simple)… i’m working in flash 8 but publishing for **5** …

thank you thank you.

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**Author:** ![picklewit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@picklewit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/picklewit)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pause-a-moving-mc-w-o-user-control/183884/2 "2006-03-30T22:18:39Z")

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ps - would be awesome to have the filmstrip ease in and out as each pic comes in…