# Why does this image looks so terrible in flash?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 1, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018 "2004-10-01T15:41:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@mfr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mfr)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/1 "2004-10-01T15:41:35Z")
[color=black][font=Arial]Hello,[/font][/color]
[color=black][font=Arial]I am using this picture as my background for the flash website I ma creating[/font][/color]
[color=black][font=Arial]When I open in Photoshop the picture is perfect, but when I import it to flash it looks like this??[/font][/color]
[color=black][font=Arial]Can you tell me how to fix so in flash it will look perfect??[/font][/color]
[color=black][font=Arial]Thanks[/font][/color]
MFR
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/2 "2004-10-01T16:12:47Z")
did you try setting the registration point to whole number with no decimal. check your settings and preferences as well.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/3 "2004-10-01T16:13:16Z")
try looking into the publish settings perhaps?
ctrl+shift+F12 I believe…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/4 "2004-10-01T16:29:15Z")
What type of image are you saving as?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/5 "2004-10-01T16:31:21Z")
Another thing is make sure you’re saving it in RGB. If you’re importing it as CMYK it’ll look really bad.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/6 "2004-10-01T16:34:50Z")
Could it just be that flash is optimising it and making it look horrible?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/7 "2004-10-01T16:51:50Z")
I too am having the same problem. I can’t tell you how many things I’ve tried…PNG, GIF, JPEG, AI, EPS, RGB, CMYK. In Photoshop or Illustrator, the images look great, but in Flash, they look like crap.
Could someone PLEASE explain the steps for importing in a graphic, like once it’s in, do you convert it to a symbol-graphic or symbol-movie clip or leave it as the a GIF, PNG or AI file…
For example, if you go to my site, [www.knotwear.com](http://www.knotwear.com/), and click on the “Elizabeth Glaser Endorsement” link, you will see a letter. If you put your mouse over the letter, you will see a bigger version of the letter. The letter looks like crap. What I did was import a small version of the letter and a large version of the letter.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/8 "2004-10-01T16:54:44Z")
I am saving as a jpeg, rbg 60% quality
I think that will do, but still i looks like \*\*\*\*.
I dont understand why!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/9 "2004-10-01T17:59:03Z")
well for one thing, out of photoshop, i usually export out a jpeg at 100% quality. I always optimize jpegs in Fireworks because it does a much better job. Also, try to avoid any resizing in Flash. Images tend to get really pixelated when you make them larger or smaller than the actual source image, in Flash. For bitmap images, there’s no real correct way to import them. The only advantage to making an imported image into a graphic or movieclip is so that you can do things to them in Flash that you have to have them as a symbol to do. I know it’s frustrating, I’m just throwing out ideas as to what could be wrong.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/10 "2004-10-01T18:39:41Z")
Save as a PNG, double click the image while it’s in your library, and you’ll see this:
Set it to lossless PNG and unselect Allow Smoothing.
That is the highest quality and it does affect file size, obviously.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/11 "2004-10-01T23:54:19Z")
Even if I originally scanned in the image as a JPEG in Photoshop?
> [@kennyb](#):
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> Save as a PNG, double click the image while it’s in your library, and you’ll see this:
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> Set it to lossless PNG and unselect Allow Smoothing.
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> That is the highest quality and it does affect file size, obviously.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/12 "2004-10-02T14:10:37Z")
Flash compresses bitmaps on export. You can select the amount of compression. If you use jpg, which is compressed as soon as you save it as a jpeg, you are compressing twice. If you save as 24-bit png, it does not compress the bitmap prior to import to Flash. That said, if you use a jpeg, turning off smoothing may be all you need to fix the issue you are having (assuming your output compression settings are normal).
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-image-looks-so-terrible-in-flash/66018/13 "2004-10-03T06:26:27Z")
Well I know this script should help but in my case it doesn’t.
clip.\_quality=“BEST”;
Try it and see if it works for you.