diff --git a/Diya/AssetManager.class.st b/Diya/AssetManager.class.st
index 1e203a1..2188207 100644
--- a/Diya/AssetManager.class.st
+++ b/Diya/AssetManager.class.st
@@ -19,7 +19,17 @@ AssetManager class >> fromLocation: loc [
 	^self new from: loc; yourself
 ]
 
-{ #category : #'as yet unclassified' }
+{ #category : #adding }
+AssetManager >> addAsset: value [
+	assets at: value name put: value
+]
+
+{ #category : #adding }
+AssetManager >> addAssetName: name value: value [
+	assets at: name put: value
+]
+
+{ #category : #'instance creation' }
 AssetManager >> from: location [
 	base := location
 ]
@@ -31,12 +41,18 @@ AssetManager >> initialize [
 	base := self class defaultAssetLocation
 ]
 
-{ #category : #'as yet unclassified' }
-AssetManager >> name: fileName of: type [
-	^assets at: fileName ifAbsentPut: [(type fromFile: (base / fileName))].
+{ #category : #accessing }
+AssetManager >> name: name [ 
+	^assets at: name.
 ]
 
-{ #category : #'as yet unclassified' }
+{ #category : #accessing }
+AssetManager >> name: name of: type [
+	^assets at: name ifAbsentPut: [
+		(type fromFile: (base / name))].
+]
+
+{ #category : #accessing }
 AssetManager >> texture: name [
 	^self name: name of: DiyaImageTex
 ]
diff --git a/Diya/DiyaBoot.class.st b/Diya/DiyaBoot.class.st
index f0941c1..245cf43 100644
--- a/Diya/DiyaBoot.class.st
+++ b/Diya/DiyaBoot.class.st
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ DiyaBoot >> init [
 	SDL2 showCursor: 0.
 	DiyaSingleton resetAll.
 	DiyaFontManager uniqueInstance loadFonts.
+
+Form class removeSelector: #serviceImageAsBackground
 ]
 
 { #category : #events }
diff --git a/Diya/DiyaExampleApp.class.st b/Diya/DiyaExampleApp.class.st
index 225d776..fcf8c45 100644
--- a/Diya/DiyaExampleApp.class.st
+++ b/Diya/DiyaExampleApp.class.st
@@ -68,13 +68,16 @@ DiyaExampleApp >> main [
 { #category : #accessing }
 DiyaExampleApp >> setup [
 	|node node1 ell label icon button|
+
+	"DiyaRendererContext uniqueInstance assets
+		addAsset:
+			((Form fromDisplay: ( Rectangle origin: 0@0 corner: 300@300 )) asDiyaTexture: 'display')."
 	self defineStyleSheet.
 	label := root addNode: (DiyaLabel new) at: 10@40.
 	label extent: 250@24.
 	label styleName:#text_icon_1.
 	label icon: 16rF254.
 	
-	
 	node1 := root addNode: (DiyaRectangle size:100@150 shader: DiyaExampleShader uniqueInstance) at: 300 @ 40.
 	"node1 rotation: (Float pi / 8.0)."
 	node1 scale: 1.2@1.2.
diff --git a/Diya/DiyaFFIBase.class.st b/Diya/DiyaFFIBase.class.st
index 16042dc..6c52755 100644
--- a/Diya/DiyaFFIBase.class.st
+++ b/Diya/DiyaFFIBase.class.st
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ DiyaFFIBase class >> libNames [
 { #category : #accessing }
 DiyaFFIBase class >> moduleName [
 	self libNames do:[:aName|
-		(ExternalAddress loadSymbol: self checkSymbol from: aName) ifNotNil: [ 
-			^ aName
-		].
+		[
+			(ExternalAddress loadSymbol: self checkSymbol from: aName) ifNotNil: [ 
+				^ aName
+			]
+		] on: Error do: [  ]
 	].
 	DiyaCoreAPIError signal: 'Unable to find FFI library (', self checkSymbol, ')'.
 ]
diff --git a/Diya/DiyaImageTex.class.st b/Diya/DiyaImageTex.class.st
index c7f2713..972be3b 100644
--- a/Diya/DiyaImageTex.class.st
+++ b/Diya/DiyaImageTex.class.st
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Class {
 	#name : #DiyaImageTex,
 	#superclass : #OpenGLTexImage2D,
 	#instVars : [
-		'path'
+		'name',
+		'surface'
 	],
 	#pools : [
 		'OpenGLConstants',
@@ -25,28 +26,15 @@ DiyaImageTex >> drop [
 
 { #category : #'instance creation' }
 DiyaImageTex >> fromFile: aPath [
-	|form color index|
-	path := aPath.
-	Transcript show: 'Loading texture from ', path fullName;cr.
-	form := ImageReadWriter formFromFileNamed: path.
-	data := FFIExternalArray externalNewType: GLubyte size:(form width) * (form height) * 4.
-	LibC memset: data getHandle value: 0 size: data size.
-	data autoRelease.
-	width := form width.
-	height := form height.
-	index := 1.
-	0 to: height -1 do:[:y|
-		0 to: width - 1 do:[:x|
-			color := (form colorAt: x@y) as4bytesRGB.
-			data
-				at: index put: color first;
-				at: index + 1 put: (color at: 2);
-				at: index +2 put: (color at: 3);
-				at: index + 3 put: color last.
-			index := index + 4.
-		]
-	].
-	
+	Transcript show: 'Loading texture from ', aPath fullName;cr.
+	aPath exists ifFalse: [ ^DiyaCoreAPIError signal:'File not found ', aPath fullName ].
+	surface := SDL2Image SDLImgLoad: aPath fullName.
+	surface ifNil: [ ^DiyaCoreAPIError signal:'Unable to load ', aPath fullName ].
+	width := surface w.
+	height := surface h.
+	data := surface pixels.
+	surface autoRelease.
+	Transcript show: 'Loaded ', aPath fullName;cr.
 ]
 
 { #category : #'instance creation' }
@@ -66,8 +54,8 @@ DiyaImageTex >> mipmap [
 ]
 
 { #category : #accessing }
-DiyaImageTex >> path [
-	^ path
+DiyaImageTex >> name [
+	^ name
 ]
 
 { #category : #accessing }
@@ -78,3 +66,8 @@ DiyaImageTex >> setup [
 		parameteri: GL_TEXTURE_2D pname: GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER param: GL_LINEAR;
 		parameteri: GL_TEXTURE_2D pname: GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER param: GL_LINEAR.
 ]
+
+{ #category : #accessing }
+DiyaImageTex >> surface [
+	^ surface
+]
diff --git a/Diya/OpenGLConstants.class.st b/Diya/OpenGLConstants.class.st
index 81e7f0d..b78c9b8 100644
--- a/Diya/OpenGLConstants.class.st
+++ b/Diya/OpenGLConstants.class.st
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Class {
 		'GL_ARRAY_BUFFER',
 		'GL_ARRAY_BUFFER_BINDING',
 		'GL_ATTACHED_SHADERS',
+		'GL_BGR',
+		'GL_BGRA',
 		'GL_BLEND',
 		'GL_BLUE',
 		'GL_BYTE',
@@ -115,6 +117,8 @@ OpenGLConstants class >> initCommonConstants [
 	GL_ALPHA := 16r1906.
 	GL_RGB := 16r1907.
 	GL_RGBA := 16r1908.
+	GL_BGR := 16r80E0.
+	GL_BGRA := 16r80E1.
 	GL_LINE_SMOOTH := 16r0B20.
 	GL_LINE_SMOOTH_HINT := 16r0C52
 ]
diff --git a/Diya/SDL2Image.class.st b/Diya/SDL2Image.class.st
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fafc91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Diya/SDL2Image.class.st
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Class {
+	#name : #SDL2Image,
+	#superclass : #DiyaFFIBase,
+	#pools : [
+		'SDL2Constants',
+		'SDL2ConstantsHint',
+		'SDL2Types'
+	],
+	#category : #'Diya-SDL2'
+}
+
+{ #category : #'as yet unclassified' }
+SDL2Image class >> SDLImgLoad: file [
+	^ self ffiCall: #(SDL_Surface * IMG_Load(const char *file))
+]
+
+{ #category : #accessing }
+SDL2Image class >> checkSymbol [
+	^'IMG_Load' 
+]
+
+{ #category : #accessing }
+SDL2Image class >> libNames [
+	^#(
+		'libSDL2_image-2.0.so.0'
+		'libSDL2_image.so'
+		'libSDL2_image-2.0.so'
+		'libSDL2_image-2.0.so.0.2.3'
+	)
+]
diff --git a/Diya/SDL_DisplayMode.class.st b/Diya/SDL_DisplayMode.class.st
index dc6349f..43d5d9b 100644
--- a/Diya/SDL_DisplayMode.class.st
+++ b/Diya/SDL_DisplayMode.class.st
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ SDL_DisplayMode >> asString [
 	^ 'SDL display: ', self width asString, 'x', self height asString, ' - ', self depth asString, ' bits depth'.
 ]
 
+{ #category : #'color mapping' }
+SDL_DisplayMode >> colormapIfNeededFor: dest [
+	^ Color colorMapIfNeededFrom: self depth to: dest depth
+]
+
 { #category : #'accessing structure variables' }
 SDL_DisplayMode >> depth [
 	|format depth|
@@ -51,6 +56,11 @@ SDL_DisplayMode >> driverdata: anObject [
 	handle pointerAt: OFFSET_DRIVERDATA put: anObject getHandle.
 ]
 
+{ #category : #'accessing structure variables' }
+SDL_DisplayMode >> extent [
+	^ self w @ self height
+]
+
 { #category : #other }
 SDL_DisplayMode >> forceDisplayUpdate [