I want to insert an image in my patch. I found this thread https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/8639/how-to-place-images-into-the-patch, but unfortunately the objects are not working. Are there other ways to insert an image in pd or would you recommand to use GEM?

I don't want to use GEM, because it's very buggy.

@RayManiac [image] should work.
It even works with a png file if it is named (dot)pg ..... bug?
It is also buggy in that you must be careful where you place other stuff.
If you put something below the image as in the screenshot below it will disappear, and the image will crash tcl with a cannot find the png message.
What is in this zip works on my machine (win7 pd 0.50).
imagine.zip
It is in the ggee library
David.

iem_image in iemgui allows transparent backgrounds, still gif only
A while ago I made this dummy for the hell of it as a test for a Knob object
I had a problem with z order and the gif have to be the actual size.
The background and knob faces are gifs

gifwork.zip

Thank you for your patches. I have problems on both patches:
The first patch: I receive the error image 1f61c.png ... couldn't create.
Edit:
I found the error of the first patch: I forgot to install the ggee library.

The second patch: iemgui/iem_image brushed-2.gif 0 0 empty empty ... couldn't create, although I have installed die iemgui library.
Should I install further libraries?

@RayManiac, sorry about that gifwork.pd was looking in the local folder "iemgui" which does not contain the iem_image.dll or the brushed-2.gif.
Replace it with this one
gifwork.pd

@Balwyn said:

@RayManiac, sorry about that gifwork.pd was looking in the local folder "iemgui" which does not contain the iem_image.dll or the brushed-2.gif.
Replace it with this one
gifwork.pd

Now I receive the messages, that all objects can't be created:

C:\Users\My Name\Desktop\New Folder\iem_image.dll: couldn't load

I noticed, the patches only works within their library folder. Even if I declare their libraries in the patch, I can't use the patch outside of the library folder. What can I do?

use deken to install the iemgui library to your externals directory you will also have to add iemgui to your startup preferences

Thanks!