# Generating Thumbnails...but not quite

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**Created:** [May 5, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/generating-thumbnails-but-not-quite/287672 "2009-05-05T02:58:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/generating-thumbnails-but-not-quite/287672/1 "2009-05-05T02:58:57Z")

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Hello, All,

I’m using an xml based slideshow. I’d like a script that would generate thumbnails for the images called into the flash file. However, here’s the kicker. I really don’t want thumbnail images. What I want are little colored squares instead of thumbnails. Basically, I want for every image to be connected to a little colored square the same way as they would be to a thumbnail. And the colors have to be random.

Does that make sense?