# Show image in setup
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/show-image-in-setup/4347
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [October 10, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/show-image-in-setup/4347 "2018-10-10T23:31:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@FerrariLuigi](https://discourse.processing.org/u/FerrariLuigi)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/show-image-in-setup/4347/1 "2018-10-10T23:31:21Z")
Dear all,
I wrote a processing sketch that has a very long setup function. During setup I have to read many files and I have to initialize a large number of varabiles.
Unfortunately during setup the screen is complitely black and it is not so good.
Can I display an image in the setup function ?
Thank you very much for your help and cooperation
regards
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### Author:  [@Sarah](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Sarah)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/show-image-in-setup/4347/2 "2018-10-10T23:42:06Z")
Unfortunately, the screen only started rendering after `void draw` starts.
Luckily, you can easily put your setup code in a function, and run it during the start of draw. Eg.
```auto
String scene = "setup";
void setup() {
size(...);
}
void draw() {
switch(scene) {
case "setup":
...Display stuff here...
setupSketch();
scene = "loaded";
break;
case "loaded":
...Your code here...
break;
}
}
void setupSketch() {
...Your setup code here...
}
```
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/show-image-in-setup/4347/3 "2018-10-11T00:57:02Z")
[Processing.org/reference/requestImage\_.html](http://Processing.org/reference/requestImage_.html)
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### Author:  [@FerrariLuigi](https://discourse.processing.org/u/FerrariLuigi)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/show-image-in-setup/4347/4 "2018-10-12T17:35:27Z")
Thank you! 🤩
regards.