Ok i've managed to get the effect working using AttachMovie clip however it needs to be applied to an external clip and so needs to work with LoadMovie. I think the problem may be that I can't identify the loaded clip in the same way i can with the attached clip:

code:


_root["container"+n]["image"+i].attachMovie("us", "us"+i, this.getNextHighestDepth())

_root["container"+n]["image"+i]["us"+i].cacheAsBitmap = true;


can be refered to as ["us"]+i and so Cached as a bitmap, however the load movie

code:


_root["container"+n]["image"+i].loadMovie(imageurl);

_root["container"+n]["image"+i].cacheAsBitmap


can't be identified the same way and thus can't be Cached as a bitmap, how can I get at that loaded movie within the image movieclip holder?

I could be way off, could it be that the mask isn't being applied as the external movie hasn't been loaded fully (even though currently they are loading off the hard disk)?

Help!