# Creating an instance?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-instance/10156>\
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**Created:** [December 25, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-instance/10156 "2002-12-25T22:24:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![DoaKiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@DoaKiller](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DoaKiller)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-instance/10156/1 "2002-12-25T22:24:42Z")

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man i downloaded this tut on making your site in flash and i have spent hours trying to find out how to create an instance searching through docs and tuts and I have no been able to figure out what the dood in the tut means bye creating an instance of a button what the hell does he mean sombody plz help:( and yes i made the gun using photo shop 7 but It is distorted because i had to make it small anough to put on here

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-instance/10156/2 "2002-12-25T23:21:59Z")

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It usually means: drag and drop your clip from the library.

pom 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-instance/10156/3 "2002-12-26T03:13:35Z")

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yup…drag something from library and its called an instance…or if you copy and paste it is an instance…meaning a vector representation of the object rather than the actual object drawn again…instances reduce the filesize of a movie significantly if used properly =)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-instance/10156/4 "2002-12-26T04:42:34Z")

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thnx’s I was wondering what it meant