# HELP: Converting Movieclip Animation to Bitmap animation

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-converting-movieclip-animation-to-bitmap-animation/296520>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 16, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-converting-movieclip-animation-to-bitmap-animation/296520 "2009-09-16T02:00:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![XxpsyceravenxX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/eb8c5e/32.png) [@XxpsyceravenxX](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/XxpsyceravenxX)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-converting-movieclip-animation-to-bitmap-animation/296520/1 "2009-09-16T02:00:56Z")

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So I’ve been trying to figure this out for the last few days and am now going insane.

I have an idea for an intense web user interface, but I"m stuck at a single as3 problem:  
I’m trying to use the Displacement filter to add a distorted effect to an underlying animation.

I’ve figured out most of the displacement. But I can’t figure out how to displace the lower animation. I know that I need to convert the vector into a bitmap so I can use BitmapData then call it into the Displacer movieclip, but I am lost on how to convert the movieclips animation into a Bitmap animation.

Does anybody know how to do this?