# Editing jpg's

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editing-jpgs/317014>\
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**Created:** [December 8, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editing-jpgs/317014 "2010-12-08T01:28:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![hells\_demand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hells\_demand](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hells_demand)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editing-jpgs/317014/1 "2010-12-08T01:28:51Z")

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not sure if this is the right place for this question because it has been a while since I last used this site but here it goes.

I have an idea for a simple game but it will require me to be able to edit the colour of pixels in a jpg at runtime, my question is simple, is this possible in flash using AS3? I could use simple instances of Movie clip layered onto the image but if the player is playing for more than a few minutes on the same level it could cause the screen to have hundred of movie clips on it at a time and this could cause massive performance issues.

if it is possible I would greatly appreciate someone letting me know, also some form of guidance would be much appreciated too such as a link to a tutorial or even just the function name so I can look it up myself in the help menu.

thank you in advance for any help you can offer.