# Distorted external SWF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/distorted-external-swf/44225>\
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**Created:** [March 1, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/distorted-external-swf/44225 "2004-03-01T23:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![mlkedave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mlkedave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlkedave)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/distorted-external-swf/44225/1 "2004-03-01T23:55:41Z")

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When I load an external SWF, for some unknown reason, it distorts the loaded SWF. This only started happening recently when I added a preloader but I followed a tutorial step by step and it keeps distorting the SWF. Do you know any ideas of how this could happen?

Thanks  
Mike

\*I discovered that just using the movieclip, without loading an external SWF, it STILL is distorted. any ideas

I’m pretty sure that when I publish the movie it just squshes everything… Is there a setting that can sqush the SWF when it is published? can I make that setting just fit the canvas? Thanks\*