# Black Bitmaps

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/black-bitmaps/299027>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 28, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/black-bitmaps/299027 "2009-10-28T18:54:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtk13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@dtk13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dtk13)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/black-bitmaps/299027/1 "2009-10-28T18:54:51Z")

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I’m trying to load jpgs into my swf at runtime but they always come out black and there is no image. Could it be that my files are too big?