# Taking a snapshot from a movie clip and storing it

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/taking-a-snapshot-from-a-movie-clip-and-storing-it/185482>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 13, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/taking-a-snapshot-from-a-movie-clip-and-storing-it/185482 "2006-04-13T16:58:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![leraptor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/leraptor/32/2353_2.png) [@leraptor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/leraptor)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/taking-a-snapshot-from-a-movie-clip-and-storing-it/185482/1 "2006-04-13T16:58:25Z")

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Hi guys !

I need to take a snapshot of a movie clip (only a rectangular of a movie clip, not the whole) and to store it in a variable so I can later show it to the user.

Can you help me ?

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/taking-a-snapshot-from-a-movie-clip-and-storing-it/185482/2 "2006-04-13T17:01:15Z")

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use the BitmapData Class:  
[http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00001942.html](http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00001942.html)

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**Author:** ![leraptor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/leraptor/32/2353_2.png) [@leraptor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/leraptor)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/taking-a-snapshot-from-a-movie-clip-and-storing-it/185482/3 "2006-04-13T17:08:34Z")

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Defective I have no clue on how to use this class! I read, read, read but didn’t find a way…