R-Markdown html Document doesnt show image

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I want to use knit and create a html document with an image but I get the same error all the time. maybe someone knows the solution (MacOS). I have the same working directory so what is the problem? The rmd file shows my image but when I want to create the html document I get the error...Do I need any package maybe?

my code in the rmd file:

~/Downloads/SMA/test1.png

R Markdown:
/Applications/RStudio.app/Contents/MacOS/pandoc/pandoc +RTS -K512m -RTS SMA.utf8.md --to html4 --from markdown+autolink_bare_uris+ascii_identifiers+tex_math_single_backslash --output SMA.html --smart --email-obfuscation none --self-contained --standalone --section-divs --table-of-contents --toc-depth 3 --variable toc_float=1 --variable toc_selectors=h1,h2,h3 --variable toc_collapsed=1 --variable toc_smooth_scroll=1 --variable toc_print=1 --template /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/library/rmarkdown/rmd/h/default.html --no-highlight --variable highlightjs=1 --variable 'theme:cerulean' --include-in-header /var/folders/vk/lt8vkm6d0xl2w5d4m_g2tbvw0000gn/T//RtmpXRW18j/rmarkdown-str1fe22cf1cfd6.html --mathjax --variable 'mathjax-url:https://mathjax.rstudio.com/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML' --variable code_folding=hide --variable code_menu=1
pandoc: Could not fetch ~/Downloads/SMA/test1.png
~/Downloads/SMA/test1.png: openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)
Error: pandoc document conversion failed with error 67
Execution halted

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You got this error because the image is not in the local working directory and is your home folder. Pandoc does not know where to find it with ~.

I think you should use full path by expanding your image file path so that pandoc gets it.

Also, you can use knitr::include_graphics to include images in Rmarkdown.

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Thank you for the answer! But what do you mean exactly with

[quote="cderv, post:2, topic:41629"]
expanding your image file path
[/quote]?

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Look at

path.expand("~/Downloads/SMA/test1.png")

This will create a full path to your image.

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Alright, finally I fixed it. Thank you very much for your tips!

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