Dynamic Slideshow "blinks"

Hello
I am trying to make a dynamic slideshow, that allows the user
to type the number of pictures in the html, and then naming them
consecutively. (is this a word??)
It is working just fine, but I have a small problem when the
loop starts over.
I made a scene to reset the counters
i = new Number();
i = 0;
max_pictures = new Number();
max_pictures = 4;
gotoAndPlay(nextScene);
And then the actual slideshow in the next scene: AS in first
frame
i++;
if (i>max_pictures) {
i = 1;
picture = "billede"+i+".jpg";
i2 = i-1;
if (i2 == 0) {
i2 = 1;
picture2 = "billede"+i2+".jpg";
loadMovie(picture, _root.viewer_1);
loadMovie(picture2, _root.viewer_2);
I then placed a couple of empty movieclips with the proper
instance names and animated them.
The problem is when the film loops and loads the next
picture. I get a white "blink" every time...and it does not look
good :·(
Is there a smart way arround this, or did I get it all wrong?
++Michael Domino

Thank you very much for your reply. I understand the theory
behind what you are saying; It makes perfectly sense. The problem
is that it doesn't work. I'm sure I'm missing something and
probably I didn't get exactly what you meant. I tried with this
code:
for (var i = 0; i<10; i++) {
matrix = grid.thumb.duplicateMovieClip("thumb"+i, i+1);
matrix._x = i*25;
if (i%4) {
matrix._x = 0;
matrix._y = 80;
the fourth thumb the goes down, but the other just stay on
top of each other in the new line. I tried to add a new _x value,
but then it would ignore the if statement and make a straight line
of clips. Would be so kind to post an example?
Thank you again!

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