# Optimizing (even the word is scary)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimizing-even-the-word-is-scary/37493>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 10, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimizing-even-the-word-is-scary/37493 "2003-12-10T21:53:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrthad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andrthad](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andrthad)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/optimizing-even-the-word-is-scary/37493/1 "2003-12-10T21:53:47Z")

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Hi All,

I am trying to optimize a flash movie. In scene 1 I have my preloader which is working quite well (thanks to Voets). And in scene 2 is my website.

I am trying to cut down on the bytes that need to be loaded in Scene 1 Frame 1. Currently there are 64 kb. What I have noticed is that since there are 64 kb in Frame 1 and my entire swf is 110kb, my preloader doesn’t display until the movie is approximately half loaded.

Is there a way to cut down the 64 kbs in Frame 1? My preloader is hardly any graphics.