# How i add movie to preloader

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**Created:** [July 30, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-i-add-movie-to-preloader/27157 "2003-07-30T17:57:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeathWish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DeathWish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DeathWish)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-i-add-movie-to-preloader/27157/1 "2003-07-30T17:57:42Z")

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i got my preloader built “using lost in betas tutorials” how i add my movie to it?? :hangover:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-i-add-movie-to-preloader/27157/2 "2003-07-30T18:05:31Z")

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I’ve run into this in a somewhat backwords way before. I had the movie made, then had to add the preloader. This is what I did. I opened both of them up, then in the movie, inserted blank keyframes for where my preloader would go. Then I went back to the preloader and cut and pasted all the frames from the preloader into the movie. Flash will automatically transfer everything from library to library.

However, now I just get into the habit of doing the preloader first, then making the movie right next to it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-i-add-movie-to-preloader/27157/3 "2003-07-30T18:41:14Z")

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The easiest way to make a movie w/ preloader is to start the movie on say frame 5. That way if you have any static references to frames, you don’t have to change them if you add in a few loader frames at the beginning.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-i-add-movie-to-preloader/27157/4 "2003-07-30T18:57:40Z")

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You can add frame labels and key the preloader to that so even if you are moving stuff around on the timeline it will still work