Hi again, @bcrock!
Unfurling the respective arrays by clicking the down arrow in the inspector view helps to clarify…
Your storyImage5 array is returning three values, comprised as a numerical index and the promise of a rendered image.
Your storyImage4 array is returning the text string used to call on a File Attachment:
If you wish to construct your storyArray4 to behave exactly like storyArray5, you just need to omit the ` around the file attachment:
storyImages4asPromise =[
{"index":"0","img": FileAttachment("Picture1.png").image()},
{"index":"1","img": FileAttachment("Picture2.png").image()},
{"index":"2","img": FileAttachment("Picture3.png").image()}
]
In this way, you would be returning the promise of rendered image, so if you paste, e.g. storyImage4asPromise[2].img into a JavaScript cell, you’ll see you image. If you wish for this to render in a Markdown cell, you’d need to escape into JavaScript and await the promise: ${await storyImagesPromise[2].img}