Bitmaps won't smooth.

Hello again,
I'm loading some external images and trying to get them to smooth, but for some reason it's not happening. i've been trying everything i can find on the internet over the past 10 hours or so, and nothing's worked.
The code on my movieclip (first frame) is:
var Ldr:Loader=new Loader();
var UrlR:URLRequest=new URLRequest("myImage.jpg");
Ldr.x=340
Ldr.y=0
addChild(Ldr);
Ldr.load(UrlR);
all that works fine for getting the image on the stage.
i tried many variations of the following (immediately after the above code):
var myBitmap = new Bitmap(Bitmap(Ldr.content).bitmapData, "auto", true);
OR Bitmap(Ldr.content).smoothing = true;
ETC.
I also tried:
stage.quality = StageQuality.BEST;
//on my first frame of main timeline, but my images were still jagged
my images are very high-res, so i know it isn't a resolution issue. anyway, they look crappy when they're sized down too. also, i'm pretty sure smoothing is the issue, because i have a very similar image in the library (a detail from the same shot, and similar resolution, etc.), and it looks great when i allow smoothing in the bitmap properties panel.
anyone know what's missing in my code?
thanks!
robin

ah... finally. it worked! thanx

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