How do I display local image in markdown?

Question

Does anyone know how to display a local image in markdown? I don\'t want to setup a webserver for that.

I try the following in markdown, but it doesn\'t work:

Answer 1

I've had problems with inserting images in R Markdown. If I do the entire URL: C:/Users/Me/Desktop/Project/images/image.png it tends to work. Otherwise, I have to put the markdown in either the same directory as the image or in an ancestor directory to it. It appears that the declared knitting directory is ignored when referencing images.