# Odd loadMovie distortion of jpgs

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/odd-loadmovie-distortion-of-jpgs/153010
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 28, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/odd-loadmovie-distortion-of-jpgs/153010 "2005-06-28T18:43:40Z")
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### Author: ![MDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MDiddy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MDiddy)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/odd-loadmovie-distortion-of-jpgs/153010/1 "2005-06-28T18:43:40Z")

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Here’s my code:

```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
	trace("I'm loaded!");
	trace("jpg's width = "+this._width);
	if (this._width == 0) {
		trace("0 width - Wrong jpg path?");
	} else {
		//Image loaded OK
		this._width = 216;
		this._height = 162;
	}
}

```

I have this code on a MovieClip that I need to load some oversized images to. (The images are 284x216, and I need them 216x162 for this swf).

This code works fine at resizeing the image after it load successfully. My problem is rather strange. When I do anything to add a preloader to the swf, either adding an extra scene to the swf or adding an extra frame in the root timeline - the images that load in look a little distorted(The best way that I could describe it is if you open an image in photoshop at 100% then scale it down to like 66% and look at it - that’s what’s happening). When the movie has no preloader at all - it works great. Has anyone ever experienced this - or has anyone done an imageloader like this that needs to resize the images and had it work flawlessly?