# Need help extracting image

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**Created:** [July 25, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-extracting-image/117218 "2004-07-25T21:56:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![3V0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/bb73d2/32.png) [@3V0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/3V0)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-extracting-image/117218/1 "2004-07-25T21:56:08Z")

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In a recent disaster I lost about 40 pictures from my computer. I have them in .fla files on my domain so I downloaded them all and opened them with flash, but cannot export them. Is there a preference or setting to enable this, or do I need to use some other program for this?

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**Author:** ![newhopekenny](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/newhopekenny/32/317_2.png) [@newhopekenny](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/newhopekenny)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-extracting-image/117218/2 "2004-07-25T22:32:19Z")

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Well one way would be to click the image in the library, then right-click and select “Edit…”.

This’ll open your image in an image-editor (you can define which in the preferences) and allow you to save it outside of Flash – and of course edit it.

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**Author:** ![3V0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/bb73d2/32.png) [@3V0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/3V0)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-extracting-image/117218/3 "2004-07-25T22:43:46Z")

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that does not work, I tried it originally. since the images are no longer in their correct directory on the computer from when i added them to the .fla it gives an error message. ☹

![](http://www.exraze.com/files/error.gif)

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**Author:** ![newhopekenny](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/newhopekenny/32/317_2.png) [@newhopekenny](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/newhopekenny)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-extracting-image/117218/4 "2004-07-26T04:34:21Z")

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Well perhaps a few copy/paste’s?

Place the images on the stage, and then copy / paste 'em into any graphics program and then save 'em.