Bitmap.smoothing alternative?

I’m trying to resize some jpg’s and whenever they get smaller than the original size, the quality sucks.

I know I can get around the problem by turning the images into bitmapData and turning smoothing on, but I’m wondering if there is another solution as I wont always have the ability to use bitmapdata?

Thanks.

can you be a little more specific about what you are trying to do

var loader:Loader=new Loader();
loader.load(new URLRequest("image.jpg"));
//and on complete event
loader.content.smoothing=true;

Can’t simpler