diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/animation/AnimatedPanel.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/animation/AnimatedPanel.java
index 3a11e25bf..b6e64ef77 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/animation/AnimatedPanel.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/animation/AnimatedPanel.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: AnimatedPanel.java,v 1.12 2002/02/19 04:45:13 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: AnimatedPanel.java,v 1.13 2002/02/19 05:03:17 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media.animation;
 
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ public class AnimatedPanel extends Canvas implements AnimatedView
 //         }
 //         _last = now;
 
+        int width = getWidth(), height = getHeight();
+
         // if scrolling is enabled, determine the scrolling delta to be
         // used and do the business
         int dx = 0, dy = 0;
@@ -180,6 +182,18 @@ public class AnimatedPanel extends Canvas implements AnimatedView
                 _lasty = ydist;
             }
 
+            // and add invalid rectangles for the exposed areas
+            if (dx > 0) {
+                invalidRects.add(new Rectangle(width - dx, 0, dx, height));
+            } else if (dx < 0) {
+                invalidRects.add(new Rectangle(0, 0, -dx, height));
+            }
+            if (dy > 0) {
+                invalidRects.add(new Rectangle(0, height - dy, width, dy));
+            } else if (dy < 0) {
+                invalidRects.add(new Rectangle(0, 0, width, -dy));
+            }
+
             // let our derived classes do whatever they need to do to
             // prepare to be scrolled
             viewWillScroll(dx, dy);
@@ -208,7 +222,6 @@ public class AnimatedPanel extends Canvas implements AnimatedView
                 createBackBuffer(gc);
             }
 
-            int width = getWidth(), height = getHeight();
             Graphics g = null;
             try {
                 g = _backimg.getGraphics();
@@ -236,20 +249,6 @@ public class AnimatedPanel extends Canvas implements AnimatedView
                 if (_stime != 0) {
                     // if it was OK, we may need to do some scrolling
                     g.copyArea(0, 0, width, height, -dx, -dy);
-
-                    // and add invalid rectangles for the exposed areas
-                    if (dx > 0) {
-                        invalidRects.add(
-                            new Rectangle(width - dx, 0, dx, height));
-                    } else if (dx < 0) {
-                        invalidRects.add(new Rectangle(0, 0, -dx, height));
-                    }
-                    if (dy > 0) {
-                        invalidRects.add(
-                            new Rectangle(0, height - dy, width, dy));
-                    } else if (dy < 0) {
-                        invalidRects.add(new Rectangle(0, 0, width, -dy));
-                    }
                 }
 
                 // iterate through the invalid rectangles, copying those
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/IsoSceneView.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/IsoSceneView.java
index d32d0fe5a..75086ff96 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/IsoSceneView.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/IsoSceneView.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: IsoSceneView.java,v 1.99 2002/02/19 04:45:14 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: IsoSceneView.java,v 1.100 2002/02/19 05:03:17 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.miso.scene;
 
@@ -121,14 +121,8 @@ public class IsoSceneView implements SceneView
         invalidate();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Scrolls the view by the requested number of pixels. As the view is
-     * not responsible for maintaining the back buffer, this will simply
-     * dirty the regions exposed by scrolling and update the view's
-     * internal offsets. It also instructs the sprite manager to dirty the
-     * scrolled bounds of all sprites in the view.
-     */
-    public void scrollView (int dx, int dy)
+    // documentation inherited from interface
+    public void viewWillScroll (int dx, int dy)
     {
         // adjust our offsets
         _xoff += dx;
@@ -157,28 +151,9 @@ public class IsoSceneView implements SceneView
             _tiledy -= 1;
             _yoff += _model.tilehei;
         }
-
-        // now dirty the exposed regions
-        if (dx > 0) {
-            invalidateRect(
-                new Rectangle(_model.bounds.x + _model.bounds.width - dx,
-                              _model.bounds.y, dx, _model.bounds.height));
-        } else if (dx < 0) {
-            invalidateRect(new Rectangle(_model.bounds.x, _model.bounds.y,
-                                         -dx, _model.bounds.height));
-        }
-
-        if (dy > 0) {
-            invalidateRect(new Rectangle(_model.bounds.x, _model.bounds.y +
-                                         _model.bounds.height - dy,
-                                         _model.bounds.width, dy));
-        } else if (dy < 0) {
-            invalidateRect(new Rectangle(_model.bounds.x, _model.bounds.y,
-                                         _model.bounds.width, -dy));
-        }
     }
 
-    // documentation inherited
+    // documentation inherited from interface
     public void paint (Graphics2D gfx, List invalidRects)
     {
 	if (_scene == null) {
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneView.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneView.java
index 36895913a..4a20e8cb2 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneView.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneView.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: SceneView.java,v 1.25 2002/02/19 01:24:59 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: SceneView.java,v 1.26 2002/02/19 05:03:17 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.miso.scene;
 
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import com.threerings.media.sprite.Path;
 public interface SceneView
 {
     /**
-     * Scrolls the view by the requested number of pixels. As the view is
-     * not responsible for maintaining the back buffer, this will simply
-     * dirty the regions exposed by scrolling and update the view's
-     * internal offsets. It also instructs the sprite manager to dirty the
-     * scrolled bounds of all sprites in the view.
+     * Lets the view know that it will be scrolled by the specified number
+     * of pixels in each direction the next time that {@link #paint} is
+     * called. This is called automatically by the {@link SceneViewPanel}
+     * which takes care of dirtying the regions exposed by the scrolling
+     * and copying the scrollable pixels.
      */
-    public void scrollView (int dx, int dy);
+    public void viewWillScroll (int dx, int dy);
 
     /**
      * Renders the scene to the given graphics context.
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneViewPanel.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneViewPanel.java
index d99d903e1..6ee8b6345 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneViewPanel.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/SceneViewPanel.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: SceneViewPanel.java,v 1.30 2002/02/19 01:24:59 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: SceneViewPanel.java,v 1.31 2002/02/19 05:03:17 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.miso.scene;
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class SceneViewPanel extends AnimatedPanel
      */
     protected void viewWillScroll (int dx, int dy)
     {
-        _view.scrollView(dx, dy);
+        _view.viewWillScroll(dx, dy);
     }
 
     /**