# Resize Picture

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resize-picture/34625>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 4, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resize-picture/34625 "2003-11-04T17:04:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![paisley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@paisley](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paisley)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resize-picture/34625/1 "2003-11-04T17:04:06Z")

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How do you resize a picture if you attach it to an empy movieclip you created?

createEmptyMovieClip(“holder”,1);  
holder2.loadMovie("./Pictures/"+pic+".jpg");

Help anybody? Thanks

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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:** [November 4, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resize-picture/34625/2 "2003-11-04T17:47:20Z")

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```auto
createEmptyMovieClip("holder",1);
holder2.loadMovie("./Pictures/"+pic+".jpg");
holder2._width=200;
holder2._height=200

```

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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:** [November 4, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resize-picture/34625/3 "2003-11-04T21:23:35Z")

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[size=1]psst… EG… you can only modify the clips properties _after_ the content has fully loaded in[/size]

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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:** [November 4, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resize-picture/34625/4 "2003-11-04T21:37:17Z")

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uh oh…