# Movie Clips or external SWFs for animation?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clips-or-external-swfs-for-animation/139116>\
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**Created:** [February 28, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clips-or-external-swfs-for-animation/139116 "2005-02-28T18:34:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emdiesse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c0e974/32.png) [@Emdiesse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Emdiesse)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clips-or-external-swfs-for-animation/139116/1 "2005-02-28T18:34:55Z")

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When creating an animation is it best to use movie clips or external movie clips loaded within the animation?

Would movie clips be best for a one off but external swfs for a series of animations with the same charecter (such as weebl)