esiegel i can't do that because not all JPEGs have the same dimensions.

poab i will try what you said. Note that i did try this way too and it still didn't work:

function releace(whichPic){
var clipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var myListener = new Object();
clipLoader.addListener(myListener);
clipLoader.loadClip("pictures/recentPaintings/picture" + whichPic + ".jpg", "image");
myListener.onLoadComplete = function(){
image._x = 290 - (image._width / 2);
}
}

can't understand why

thanks for the help guys i will let you know if it worked

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