Placing a clip with empty first frame?

I need to lay a movie clip on top of a BMP image background.
In order to line it up, I need to see the ending frame of the clip,
but I can only see the first, empty frame when dragging it around.
Is there a way to show the last frame of the clip while dragging it
so I can see where it needs to go, or do I have to reverse frames
and then put them back again for each clip?

temporarily convert the instance to a graphic:
select the MC in stage - use properties Panel drop down to
change it to a graphics symbol - then
type in the last frame number in the frame box (should be set
to Single frame and not Loop or Play
Once).
When yer done aligning - just set it back to a MC.
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Drew PCR wrote:
> I need to lay a movie clip on top of a BMP image
background. In order to line
> it up, I need to see the ending frame of the clip, but I
can only see the
> first, empty frame when dragging it around. Is there a
way to show the last
> frame of the clip while dragging it so I can see where
it needs to go, or do I
> have to reverse frames and then put them back again for
each clip?
>

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