# Load picture

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-picture/54306>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 13, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-picture/54306 "2004-06-13T09:52:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enidea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Enidea](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Enidea)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/load-picture/54306/1 "2004-06-13T09:52:18Z")

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Lets say I have a picture that I want to load directly in to a movieclip.

Movieclip name = picture  
Image name = image.jpg

I tried something like this  
loadMovie(“image.jpg”, picture);  
but didnt work ☹