Thanks for you response keesiemeijer,
however the links aren’t the issue.
It’s getting the images to insert into the wysiwyg editor which is the problem.
i’ve added the tinyMCE advanced plugin which lets you add images based on their URL into any wysiwyg editor, this is a stop gap solution but i’m still looking for a more user-friendly way of inserting images into any wysiwyg editor.
Hope this makes sense,
Thanks