# Registration point?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/registration-point/10887>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 8, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/registration-point/10887 "2003-01-08T22:25:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnny1time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@johnny1time](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnny1time)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/registration-point/10887/1 "2003-01-08T22:25:14Z")

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Yeah i’m completely new to flash and was taking the first few basic tutorial. What exactly is the registration point? I dont really understand that.

also I like this site, but are there any more good tutorials that you would recommend for a flash beginner? and what would be good book for me to get? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

thank you

Johnny1time

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/registration-point/10887/2 "2003-01-09T08:41:38Z")

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**registration point**

> _originally posted by lostinbeta  
> 12-08-2002 [Editing an instance’s registration point in MX](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10376&highlight=registration+AND+point)_

The registration point according to Actionscript is created when you create your movie clip.

After you hit f8 and open up the symbols panel, you will see a block with 9 squares in it, each of those squares are clickable and allow you to edit where you want your registration point to be.

If you edit it with the free transform tool, that just edits it for things you do like rotating it with the free transform tool and such.

> _originally posted by lostinbeta  
> 11-15-2002 [Dont understand this](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9152&highlight=registration+AND+point)_

The center point is called the registration point.

When you turn your item into a symbol, in the panel where you can select what type of symbol (mc, button, or graphic) there is a block of 9 squares, each of these squares represents a spot where you can adjust the registration point

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**books**  
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