Accessing property from image library class within a view

[eluser]section31[/eluser]
I'm trying to access a property from the image library class within a view and for some reason it's cleared. Why doesn't it have the same value as it did in the controller?

When you load a view from a controller doesn't it add the attach the super object to $this so you can use whatever you were using in the controller in the view?

Can someone clarify this for me, I would like to know what exactly do I have access to from the view?