# Zoom in out
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zoom-in-out/2201
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [May 12, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zoom-in-out/2201 "2002-05-12T00:27:27Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zoom-in-out/2201/1 "2002-05-12T00:27:27Z")
HOW do I zoom in, out a picture? I mean a picture has a guy and a table. I want to make it a bit live by zoom into his face. Please give some advice. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zoom-in-out/2201/2 "2002-05-12T00:44:39Z")
You could tween it or just change the \_scale along with the event handler of your choice (ie on (press) (enterFrame)
Have fun.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zoom-in-out/2201/3 "2002-05-12T00:53:04Z")
You could do it something like this (simple example)
onClipEvent (load) {
//get the initial value for the scale
scale = 100
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
// if the scale is greater than zero
if (scale \> 0) {
// set the x,y scale of this object = scale
this.\_xscale = scale
this.\_yscale = scale
// keep subtracting 5 from the a value
// to decrease the scale all the way to zero
scale-= 5
}
}
or you could use one version of the picture that is zoomed in & one that is zoomed out.
Lay them ontop of on another & use a mask to create the enlarging effect.
Good luck