# Loading one image for many uses?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-one-image-for-many-uses/204005>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 16, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-one-image-for-many-uses/204005 "2006-10-16T13:53:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![theHollow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/thehollow/32/106_2.png) [@theHollow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theHollow)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-one-image-for-many-uses/204005/1 "2006-10-16T13:53:59Z")

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I want to load an image at the start of my movie, and then at different points in the movie i want to use it. The problem is that i want to show it inside different movie clips.

Edit: I basically dont want to have to reload the image whenever i want to use it.