# Preloading external images

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-images/96666
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 12, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-images/96666 "2003-12-12T02:25:46Z")
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### Author: ![larcho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@larcho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/larcho)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-images/96666/1 "2003-12-12T02:25:46Z")

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I want to preload two .jpgs before they are placed into a movie (with loadMovie I suppose).

Is this somehow possible ?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-images/96666/2 "2003-12-12T06:27:50Z")

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A perfect time to use the [font=courier new]MovieClipLoader[/font] class. 😛

[http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main/12\_as463.htm](http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main/12_as463.htm)