# Screen shot of a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screen-shot-of-a-movieclip/249114>\
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**Created:** [January 15, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screen-shot-of-a-movieclip/249114 "2008-01-15T15:55:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![paulcybulski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@paulcybulski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulcybulski)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/screen-shot-of-a-movieclip/249114/1 "2008-01-15T15:55:49Z")

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How would I go about taking a screen shot of a movie clip…I am working on a zoomable movieclip that contains a floorplan that can be zoomed in on and panned…there is a window which limits the viewable area of the floorplan and this is the window I am trying to print to paper…I cannot for the life of me get the printout to match the view of the movieclip…so Imagine u r looking through a window and then taking a picture of just the view from the window…this is what I am trying to do with flash…is there any way to create a movieclip dynamically on perhaps a button press that will take a “picture” of the visible contents of a movieclip?