# CacheAsBitmap Clarification

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cacheasbitmap-clarification/237194
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 28, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cacheasbitmap-clarification/237194 "2007-08-28T00:35:09Z")
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### Author: ![Wedge\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f07891/32.png) [@Wedge\_Man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wedge_Man)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cacheasbitmap-clarification/237194/1 "2007-08-28T00:35:09Z")

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Hey all,

So just a quick question about the cache as bitmap property.

If i have a movieclip that contains another movieclip which is an animation in it.

So Mov1 -\> Mov2 -\> 8 frames of .png files.

If i set Mov1.cacheAsBitmap = true, and then play the animation in Mov2. Is the whole thing still cached as a bitmap?

I’m just trying to figure out when i’d need to reapply a cacheAsBitmap property. Does it ever revert back to false by performing some sort of action on the movieClip?

Thanks!