Am I cooked

Greenfoot.loadImage(yourImage.png);

import greenfoot.GreenfootImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

public class ImageLoader {
    public static GreenfootImage loadImageFresh(String path) {
        try {
            BufferedImage raw = ImageIO.read(ImageLoader.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("images/"+path));
            GreenfootImage img = new GreenfootImage(raw.getWidth(), raw.getHeight());
            img.getAwtImage().getGraphics().drawImage(raw, 0, 0, null);
            return img;
        } catch (IOException | NullPointerException e) {
            System.err.println("Failed to load image: " + path);
            return new GreenfootImage(1, 1); 
        }
    }
}

this.setImage(ImageLoader.loadImageFresh("myImageName.png"));

System.gc();

long used = Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory() - Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory();
if((used / (1024*1024)>100)) //100 is the number of megabytes you want to trigger gc at by default here.
{
    System.gc();
}
showText("Heap used: " + (used / (1024*1024)) + " MB", 200, 200);