# Scaling Bug?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scaling-bug/61850>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 22, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scaling-bug/61850 "2004-08-22T18:06:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dia\_menz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dia\_menz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dia_menz)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scaling-bug/61850/1 "2004-08-22T18:06:04Z")

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I’ve recently run across what appears to be a bug in scaling, but I’m not sure.

I have a movie clip class (creating a movie clip in script, then inheriting via the **proto** method). I built a method to initialize the movie which creates 4 empty clips within it, then loads .JPG’s into each created clip.

When I scale the main movie clip the four JPG’s incorrectly scale with the parent. I checked the \_width property of the 4 internal clips, and they show thier original width (13px), yet visually they are scaling the same size as it’s parent.

Has anyone run accross anything like this before?

Dia

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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:** [August 22, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scaling-bug/61850/2 "2004-08-22T18:31:13Z")

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all child movieclips scale with their parents

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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:** [August 22, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scaling-bug/61850/3 "2004-08-22T18:41:34Z")

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> [@senocular](#):
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> all child movieclips scale with their parents

Someone needs to be shot for that. But thanks for letting me know, helps to know expected behaviour.

dia

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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:** [August 22, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scaling-bug/61850/4 "2004-08-22T18:53:15Z")

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You could “hack” your way around it by changing the xScale and yScale settings of the JPGs to compensate for the \_parent movie’s x/yScale.