# Clone a bitmap, or something like that

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clone-a-bitmap-or-something-like-that/237546
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 31, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clone-a-bitmap-or-something-like-that/237546 "2007-08-31T09:57:26Z")
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### Author: ![dimitri\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@dimitri\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dimitri_c)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clone-a-bitmap-or-something-like-that/237546/1 "2007-08-31T09:57:26Z")

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To avoid to load two times same picture, I would like to “clone” and apply a new blur filter to a picture I loaded on the screen via **displayContainer.load(new URLRequest(“myPicture.jpg”))**, see code below.  
Load the picture isn’t the problem, but I can’t “clone”, let alone apply the blur filter to this cloned picture.

```auto
	var mapIntroLoader:Loader = new Loader();
		mapIntroLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, mapIntroLoaded);
		mapIntroLoader.load(new URLRequest("mapIntro.jpg"));
	var mapContainer_mc:Sprite = new Sprite();
		mapContainer_mc.addChild(mapIntroLoader);
		mainContainer_sp.addChild(mapContainer_mc);

```

Could someone, please, post a short example to show me how to clone and apply a filter? :h:

Thank very much, have a nice day…

- Dimitri [http://www.thebend.be/personal/](http://www.thebend.be/personal/)