I have an image in a subview that is bigger than the subview it self, is it possible to display parts of the image that are out of the subview! have tried the view.clipsToBounds=NO; but no lack still. here is part of my code so far. xRayView = [[XRayView alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake((1024 - 800) / 2, self.device.frame.origin.y - 26, 800,530)]; xRayView.clipsToBounds=NO; [xRayView setForgroundImage: [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile: [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource: @"xray_foreground_01" ofType: @"png"]]]; [xRayView setBackgroundImage: [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile: [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource: @"xray_background_01" ofType: @"png"]]]; the foreground and the background images are bigger than the xray view