# Question from a beginner - flash gallery

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-from-a-beginner-flash-gallery/293219>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 25, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-from-a-beginner-flash-gallery/293219 "2009-07-25T03:34:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![c3dp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@c3dp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/c3dp)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-from-a-beginner-flash-gallery/293219/1 "2009-07-25T03:34:06Z")

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I was hoping to make a flash gallery similar to this example posted a while back and my question is:

How can make the first image show as the gallery is first displayed instead of just having a blank black box?

Thank you in advance for your help