# Probably a very basic question

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-a-very-basic-question/186125
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 19, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-a-very-basic-question/186125 "2006-04-19T06:10:17Z")
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### Author: ![noobie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d78d45/32.png) [@noobie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/noobie)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-a-very-basic-question/186125/1 "2006-04-19T06:10:17Z")

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I would like to learn more about the symbols circled in red. I figure they might be for alignment or anchoring but I do not know what they are called.:puzzle:

![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/2407/8fbdf67729278810.gif)

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### Author: ![hybrid101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@hybrid101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hybrid101)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-a-very-basic-question/186125/2 "2006-04-19T06:27:26Z")

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i think those are the anchor points:)

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### Author: ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-a-very-basic-question/186125/3 "2006-04-19T06:27:48Z")

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The little cross thing is the registration point - it is the centre of the movie clip for all transformations (alignment, rotation, scaling, etc.) at run-time.

The little circle thing is the transformation point which is used for all transformations in the IDE.

Hope this helps :azn:

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### Author: ![suranija](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@suranija](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/suranija)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2006, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-a-very-basic-question/186125/4 "2006-04-19T07:35:23Z")

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> [@TheCanadian](#):
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> The little cross thing is the registration point - it is the centre of the movie clip for all transformations (alignment, rotation, scaling, etc.) at run-time.
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> The little circle thing is the transformation point which is used for all transformations in the IDE.
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> Hope this helps :azn:

That was a very nice explanation canadian…

Great … :thumb2:

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### Author: ![noobie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d78d45/32.png) [@noobie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/noobie)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-a-very-basic-question/186125/5 "2006-04-20T02:35:46Z")

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> [@TheCanadian](#):
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> The little cross thing is the registration point - it is the centre of the movie clip for all transformations (alignment, rotation, scaling, etc.) at run-time.
> 
> The little circle thing is the transformation point which is used for all transformations in the IDE.
> 
> Hope this helps :azn:

Thank you! Am able to read up more on them now I know what they are called. =)