# AS3, loading bitmaps?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-loading-bitmaps/323443>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 1, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-loading-bitmaps/323443 "2011-07-01T00:27:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![WorldEdit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e57/32.png) [@WorldEdit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WorldEdit)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-loading-bitmaps/323443/1 "2011-07-01T00:27:35Z")

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I have loaded bitmaps before, but when I getPixel, everything returns one bit less than original. For example, I have a solid white bitmap, getPIxel returns 0xfefefe, not 0xffffff. How do I avoid something like this? I don’t want to add to every pixel for performance reasons.