# Masking images I've loaded with the loadMovie command

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-images-ive-loaded-with-the-loadmovie-command/72233
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**Created:** [December 3, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-images-ive-loaded-with-the-loadmovie-command/72233 "2004-12-03T14:18:26Z")
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### Author: ![dan\_jb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@dan\_jb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dan_jb)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-images-ive-loaded-with-the-loadmovie-command/72233/1 "2004-12-03T14:18:26Z")

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Hello everybody,  
I have a small problem with masking images that I’ve loaded in using the loadMovie command. My small problem is that it won’t work! I’ve tried getting it to load \*.jpgs and \*.swfs, but it doesn’t seem to want to work.

The problem is that i don’t want to import a whole load of images and publish them as part of the swf, as there could possibly be a huge amount of images involved.

To try and get there quicker, I’ll rule out some obvious suggestions that I’ve already tried and failed at;

- naming all the instances and linking them properly
- placing the movieclip that the image loads into inside another movieclip

Any help at all would be great!

Thanks - Dan