# loadMovie doesn't support .gif's?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-support-gifs/61734>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 21, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-support-gifs/61734 "2004-08-21T03:55:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![MTsoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MTsoul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MTsoul)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-support-gifs/61734/1 "2004-08-21T03:55:32Z")

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Hey all,

I spent an hour just now trying to figure out some loadMovie problems, and came to the conclusion that Flash cannot load .gif files. Jpg/Jpeg files are just fine, but when it comes to .gif’s, nothing loads.

But then, Jpg’s cannot have the alpha channels (unlike gif’s), so there is always a huge white background around my loaded image. Is there a way to load gif’s since they are much smaller and more robust?

Thanks =)

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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:** [August 21, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-support-gifs/61734/2 "2004-08-21T04:57:42Z")

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import them into the library.

File -\> Import -\> Import to Library

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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:** [August 21, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-support-gifs/61734/3 "2004-08-21T05:11:01Z")

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I think flash will allow the png transparency support and it does load png’s…

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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:** [August 21, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-support-gifs/61734/4 "2004-08-21T05:27:40Z")

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> [@bombingpixels](#):
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> I think flash will allow the png transparency support and it does load png’s…

loadMovie() only supports jpg and swf…

> Function; loads a SWF or JPEG file into Flash Player while the original SWF file plays.

If you want to stick to .gif, do as rysolag has said. If you do it that way in an extra .fla, you can load that .swf:)

scotty(-:

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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:** [August 21, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-support-gifs/61734/5 "2004-08-21T05:50:19Z")

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Nope, you can’t dynamically load .gifs like you do with .jpg, .mp3, .swf.  
By the way, why use “.gif” when “.png” is better when you need tranparencies? 😉

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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:** [August 21, 2004, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-support-gifs/61734/6 "2004-08-21T09:43:44Z")

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Also, you can only load non-progressive JPGs.

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-support-gifs/61734/7 "2004-08-21T19:05:20Z")

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Aw… that’s too bad. But I tried loading PNG’s into the movie, and nothing happened either. 😑

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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:** [August 21, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-support-gifs/61734/8 "2004-08-21T23:02:50Z")

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there’s an entry in Help for loadMovie…

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-doesnt-support-gifs/61734/9 "2004-08-21T23:08:02Z")

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oh my bad, I thought there was something about pngs and jpgs being able to do something but not gif… appearently it wasn’t this 😛