# Preloading images

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-images/304633>\
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**Created:** [February 10, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-images/304633 "2010-02-10T23:49:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![inconceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@inconceivable](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/inconceivable)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-images/304633/1 "2010-02-10T23:49:32Z")

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i am trying to preload images for an image gallery in a flash movie.  
i have the images externally loaded so as not to bloat the swf but how do i start a preload for all the images when someone gets to the home/front page, so that by the time they get to the image gallery everything is loaded in memory so there’s no delay?

thx