diff --git a/ui.h b/ui.h
index 70c2f121..883ad678 100644
--- a/ui.h
+++ b/ui.h
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ struct uiAreaDrawParams {
 	double ClipHeight;
 };
 
+// TODO merge
+#include "uidrawimage.h"
+
 typedef struct uiDrawPath uiDrawPath;
 typedef struct uiDrawBrush uiDrawBrush;
 typedef struct uiDrawStrokeParams uiDrawStrokeParams;
diff --git a/uidrawimage.h b/uidrawimage.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..deade218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uidrawimage.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// 25 june 2016
+
+typedef struct uiDrawSingleResImage uiDrawSingleResImage;
+typedef struct uiDrawMultiResImage uiDrawMultiResImage;
+
+_UI_EXTERN uiDrawSingleResImage *uiDrawNewSingleResImage(void *data, int width, int height, int stride);
+_UI_EXTERN void uiDrawFreeImage(uiDrawSingleResImage *i);
+_UI_EXTERN void uiDrawSingleResImageNativeSize(uiDrawSingleResImage *i, uiDrawContext *c, double *width, double *height);
+
+_UI_EXTERN uiDrawMultiResImage *uiDrawNewMultiResImage(double width, double height);
+_UI_EXTERN void uiDrawFreeMultiResImage(uiDrawMultiResImage *i);
+_UI_EXTERN void uiDrawMultiResImageAppend(void *data, int pixelWidth, int pixelHeight, int pixelStride);
+
+_UI_EXTERN void uiDrawSingleRes(uiDrawContext *c, double x, double y, double width, double height uiDrawSingleResImage *image, int interpolate);
+_UI_EXTERN void uiDrawMultiRes(uiDrawContext *c, double x, double y, double width, double height, uiDrawMultiResImage *image, int interpolate);