Trouble making a seemless slideshow

so heres the deal. I need to make a slideshow with holders
that call images from an external source. (this is so clients can
update the slide show by replacing these images, and not tinkering
with the flash file). I have about 6 holders set up in their own
layers, each opaque for about 40 frames, and then alpha-tweening to
zero to reveal the picture on the layer below. I have the first
loaded picture load at the end as well so it can do its fade in
animation, before looping to the beginning where that picture is
already fully loaded. The problem is that when it loops to the
beginning, the image blinks, and i know it because i have the
loadMovie command on the first frame. Can anyone offer me a
revision to this actionscript, or just a better way to set up a
slideshow file that loads external jpegs?

It's hard to tell without seeing the movie's structure, but,
I'm guessing that jumping back to frame 2 instead of frame 1 might
solve the problem.

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