# Image problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-problem/89337>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 7, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-problem/89337 "2005-05-07T07:01:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-problem/89337/1 "2005-05-07T07:01:55Z")

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I’m having trouble with the Flash Player displaying non-vector images of large dimension (ex:1643X400 pixels). The image file imports into Flash and appears in the authoring environment just fine. When I view the resulting .swf file, the image appears fine as well, so long as it has not been converted to a symbol. When I turn the image into a Graphic symbol, it still appears fine in the authoring environment, however it appears as a large horizontal smear in the Flash Player.

I noticed this happening when either:  
(1) the image is converted to a symbol  
or  
(2) another copy of the image is placed alongside the original image

This happens with large .jpg as well as .bmp files.

Is there a limit to the dimensions of a symbol or an object?

One option I have is to break apart the original image into separate images, but that would be a pain if I have to do several of these. It would be nice to only have to work with a single image.

If anyone has any information about this bug or a simple solution to it, please let me know.

Thank you.