# Loading image

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-image/13186>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 10, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-image/13186 "2003-02-10T02:07:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sebastien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@sebastien](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sebastien)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-image/13186/1 "2003-02-10T02:07:54Z")

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hey guys ,

my .swf has become to large now , and it requires a loading image now… how should i do this ?

u know the

loading  
loading.  
loading. .  
loading. . .  
loading. . . .  
100%

thx

-sebastien

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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:** [February 10, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-image/13186/2 "2003-02-10T02:16:18Z")

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Well… That’s called a preloader… For the starter, you could try searching the forum with ‘preload’ to get some answers… 🙂

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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:** [February 10, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-image/13186/3 "2003-02-10T02:16:51Z")

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And there are half a dozen tutorials about that here :phil: