Bug 183900 Image in preview pane will not show until you reopen the "Edit Image Item" dialogue [0001]
UI/org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/designer/ui/dialogs/ImageBuilder.java
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.util.IHelpContextIds;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.util.UIUtil;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.util.graphics.BirtImageLoader;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.util.graphics.ImageCanvas;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.nls.Messages;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.IReportGraphicConstants;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.ReportPlatformUIImages;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.ReportPlugin;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.newelement.DesignElementFactory;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.util.DEUtil;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.util.ImageManager;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.EmbeddedImageHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ImageHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ModuleHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ReportItemHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.activity.SemanticException;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.elements.DesignChoiceConstants;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.elements.structures.EmbeddedImage;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.util.StringUtil;
import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog;
import org.eclipse.jface.util.Assert;
import org.eclipse.jface.window.Window;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.ModifyEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.ModifyListener;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;