Is there a way to center the registration point for dynamically imported MovieClip

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I'm trying to see if there's a way to change the registration point of a MovieClip that's importing an image dynamically?

Here is my code where I add an image to an "overlayHolder":

overlayBitmap = _loader.getBitmap( _data.id + "-overlay_image" );
overlayHolder.addChild(overlayBitmap);
overlayHolder.x = _data.overlay_left;
overlayHolder.y = _data.overlay_top;

What I need to do is rotate this image later on, upon interaction from someone, but need it to rotate with a center-registration.

I've seen a bunch of tutorials/forums talk about centering a registration point when you're drawing a Sprite on the stage, but not when you're importing an image.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 02 '11 at 10:54

So, i figured it out, and thought I'd share:

You can create a Sprite, that's inside of your MovieClip and move that to where it should be.

Something like this:

overlayBitmap = _loader.getBitmap( _data.id + "-overlay_image" );
overlayHolder.x = _data.overlay_left;
overlayHolder.y = _data.overlay_top;

overlayHolderInner = new Sprite();
overlayHolder.addChild(overlayHolderInner);

overlayHolderInner.addChild(overlayBitmap);
overlayHolderInner.x = 0-(overlayHolderInner.width/2);
overlayHolderInner.y = 0-(overlayHolderInner.height/2);

Thought I'd share in case anyone runs into this.

Is there a way to center the registration point for dynamically imported MovieClip

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