# Zooming using actionscript

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zooming-using-actionscript/200150>\
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**Created:** [September 9, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zooming-using-actionscript/200150 "2006-09-09T03:00:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![eyeofthestorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@eyeofthestorm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eyeofthestorm)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zooming-using-actionscript/200150/1 "2006-09-09T03:00:12Z")

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Whats the best way to zoom your flash movie to a certain area…

like this:

![](http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7633/cutshallowredesign2boxuk5.jpg)

what if i wanted to zoom a movie like in the image above to where i have the black box outlined…not to that exact size…but for example?

I hope i explained myself correctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated!