diff --git a/src/helma/image/ImageGenerator.java b/src/helma/image/ImageGenerator.java
index 3edcf6f4..ccc85ca0 100644
--- a/src/helma/image/ImageGenerator.java
+++ b/src/helma/image/ImageGenerator.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ package helma.image;
 
 import helma.main.Server;
 
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.image.*;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 
@@ -136,6 +136,18 @@ public abstract class ImageGenerator {
         return img != null ? new ImageWrapper(img, this) : null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param input ...
+     * @return ...
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public ImageWrapper createImage(InputStream input)
+        throws IOException {
+        Image img = read(input);
+        return img != null ? new ImageWrapper(img, this) : null;
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * @param iw ...
      * @param filter ...
@@ -167,38 +179,42 @@ public abstract class ImageGenerator {
 
     /**
      * @param filename the filename of the image to create
-     * 
+     *
      * @return the newly created image
      * @throws IOException
      */
     public Image read(String filename) throws IOException {
-        return ImageWaiter.waitForImage(
-            Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(filename)
-        );
+        return ImageIO.read(new File(filename));
     }
 
     /**
      * @param url the URL of the image to create
-     * 
+     *
      * @return the newly created image
      * @throws IOException
      */
     public Image read(URL url) throws IOException {
-        return ImageWaiter.waitForImage(
-            Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(url)
-        );
+        return ImageIO.read(url);
     }
 
     /**
      * @param src the data of the image to create
-     * 
+     *
      * @return the newly created image
      * @throws IOException
      */
     public Image read(byte[] src) throws IOException {
-        return ImageWaiter.waitForImage(
-            Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(src)
-        );
+        return ImageIO.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(src));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param input the data of the image to create
+     *
+     * @return the newly created image
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public Image read(InputStream input) throws IOException {
+        return ImageIO.read(input);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/helma/image/ImageWrapper.java b/src/helma/image/ImageWrapper.java
index 4e343b4a..5226e35a 100644
--- a/src/helma/image/ImageWrapper.java
+++ b/src/helma/image/ImageWrapper.java
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public class ImageWrapper {
     /**
      * Draws another image to this image.
      * 
-     * @param filename ...
+     * @param image ...
      * @param at ...
      */
     public void drawImage(ImageWrapper image, AffineTransform at) 
diff --git a/src/helma/image/imageio/ImageIOGenerator.java b/src/helma/image/imageio/ImageIOGenerator.java
index f249cc35..1f6862a5 100644
--- a/src/helma/image/imageio/ImageIOGenerator.java
+++ b/src/helma/image/imageio/ImageIOGenerator.java
@@ -38,38 +38,6 @@ import helma.image.*;
  * A wrapper for an image that uses the ImageIO Framework.
  */
 public class ImageIOGenerator extends ImageGenerator {
-    /**
-     * @param filename the filename of the image to create
-     *
-     * @return the newly created image
-     * @throws IOException
-     */
-    public Image read(String filename)
-    throws IOException {
-        return ImageIO.read(new File(filename));
-    }
-    
-    /**
-     * @param url the URL the filename of the image to create
-     *
-     * @return the newly created image
-     * @throws IOException
-     */
-    public Image read(URL url)
-    throws IOException {
-        return ImageIO.read(url);
-    }
-    
-    /**
-     * @param src the data of the image to create
-     *
-     * @return the newly created image
-     * @throws IOException
-     */
-    public Image read(byte[] src)
-    throws IOException {
-        return ImageIO.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(src));
-    }
 
     protected void write(ImageWrapper wrapper, ImageWriter writer, float quality, boolean alpha) throws IOException {
         BufferedImage bi = wrapper.getBufferedImage();
@@ -111,9 +79,10 @@ public class ImageIOGenerator extends ImageGenerator {
     /**
      * Saves the image. Image format is deduced from filename.
      *
-     * @param filename ...
-     * @param quality ...
-     * @param alpha ...
+     * @param wrapper the image to write
+     * @param filename the file to write to
+     * @param quality image quality
+     * @param alpha to enable alpha
      * @throws IOException
      * @see helma.image.ImageGenerator#write(helma.image.ImageWrapper, java.lang.String, float, boolean)
      */
@@ -150,10 +119,11 @@ public class ImageIOGenerator extends ImageGenerator {
     /**
      * Saves the image. Image format is deduced from type.
      *
-     * @param out ...
-     * @param type ...
-     * @param quality ...
-     * @param alpha ...
+     * @param wrapper the image to write
+     * @param out the outputstream to write to
+     * @param mimeType the mime type
+     * @param quality image quality
+     * @param alpha to enable alpha
      * @throws IOException
      * @see helma.image.ImageGenerator#write(helma.image.ImageWrapper, java.io.OutputStream, java.lang.String, float, boolean)
      */
diff --git a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/extensions/ImageObject.java b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/extensions/ImageObject.java
index c8d72e47..8551caa2 100644
--- a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/extensions/ImageObject.java
+++ b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/extensions/ImageObject.java
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ public class ImageObject {
                 } else if (arg instanceof MimePart) {
                     img = generator.createImage(((MimePart) arg).getContent());
                 } else if (arg instanceof File) {
-                    img = generator.createImage(((File) arg).getPath());
+                    img = generator.createImage(((File) arg).getAbsolutePath());
                 } else if (arg instanceof FileObject) {
-                    img = generator.createImage(((FileObject) arg).getFile().getPath());
+                    img = generator.createImage(((FileObject) arg).getFile().getAbsolutePath());
+                } else if (arg instanceof InputStream) {
+                    img = generator.createImage((InputStream) arg);
                 } else {
                     Image image = null;
                     if (arg instanceof BufferedImage) {