# Why does my loaded jpg disappear from movie?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 27, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-my-loaded-jpg-disappear-from-movie/220524 "2007-03-27T03:14:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![vthok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f05b48/32.png) [@vthok](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vthok)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-my-loaded-jpg-disappear-from-movie/220524/1 "2007-03-27T03:14:16Z")

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I am working on my first flash site and I am trying to do the following:

after intro movie is done playing I want the home page to come up on the page. The home page will be made up of a jpeg that is externally loaded by swf. The jpeg is revealed by a mask that tweens across.

I can get the jpeg loaded and I can get the mask to work but once the mask is done the picture just disappears from the movie and all I see is background color. Any ideas? I’ve included .fla file path below:

Actual site: [http://filebox.vt.edu/users/gyanez/flash\_test/index.html](http://filebox.vt.edu/users/gyanez/flash_test/index.html)

Source: [http://filebox.vt.edu/users/gyanez/flash\_test/source/](http://filebox.vt.edu/users/gyanez/flash_test/source/)

Also my jpeg is 300K large and makes the loading of it cumbersome for dialup peeps. Any idea how I can keep the size small but still keep my 775 wide x 475 higher image?