# Extract Bitmap or BitmapData from MovieClip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extract-bitmap-or-bitmapdata-from-movieclip/230716
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 28, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extract-bitmap-or-bitmapdata-from-movieclip/230716 "2007-06-28T13:26:13Z")
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### Author: ![arckodrazen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@arckodrazen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arckodrazen)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extract-bitmap-or-bitmapdata-from-movieclip/230716/1 "2007-06-28T13:26:13Z")

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Hi guys

I’ve been looking for a solution for hours now. I have a movieclip which contains an image. Created by doing: put image on stage, convert to symbol, movieclip type, ok.

I’d like to extract this bitmap because I want to use (somewhere else): graphics.begintBitmapFill(); but this method needs a BitmapData object and not a movieclip to create a repeating background (in my case).

So: how do I extract the Bitmap or the Bitmap data from a MovieClip?

**Please mind that attaching BitmapData as a base class to this symbol is NOT AN OPTION**