Question: When importing an SWF into Flash, why is it larger than the published SWF?
Answer: When you import an already-published SWF into Flash for use in your current FLA file, you may find that you're dealing with a bounding box and overall import far larger than what you were expecting, with elements you weren't anticipating.
This is because Flash doesn't just load the parts of the SWF that you see when viewing the animation - the visible stage. It also loads parts of on-stage elements that overlap beyond the visible working area, or other elements positioned wholly outside of the visible area. Any objects that were in the original FLA's stage are embedded somewhere in that SWF, even if you don't initially see them when viewing it.
