# Pictures quality is degrading in flash..help!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pictures-quality-is-degrading-in-flash-help/60796
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**Created:** [August 12, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pictures-quality-is-degrading-in-flash-help/60796 "2004-08-12T16:56:50Z")
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### Author:  [@kyle\_davis13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kyle_davis13)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pictures-quality-is-degrading-in-flash-help/60796/1 "2004-08-12T16:56:50Z")
I have a picture of a table. in photoshop I cut out the background and made it a transparent background. When I import it into flash the quality of the picture is terrible. Is there a better way to do this?
thanks
K
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pictures-quality-is-degrading-in-flash-help/60796/2 "2004-08-12T17:40:02Z")
import it in as a png…and check your bitmap compression settings in the publish menu. Maybe it is too low
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pictures-quality-is-degrading-in-flash-help/60796/3 "2004-08-12T20:06:33Z")
[font=Arial][size=2]Bring up the Library (Ctrl+L), right click the image and select [color=DarkOrange]_Properties_[/color].
Make sure [color=DarkOrange]_Allow Smoothing_[/color] is unchecked\*\*,\*\* and
under [color=DarkOrange]_Compression_[/color] select [color=DarkOrange]_Lossless(PNG/GIF)_[/color].
Hope this first post helps.[/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2] [/size][/font]