jit.lcd - How to load an entire folder of images into buffers automatically?

I have a bunch of images all stored in a folder in the same directory as my jitter patch. Instead of loadbanging individual "readpict" messages for each of the files, is there a smarter way to buffer them all at once, giving them names 1-x amount of photos? I will be calling them randomly, so it's not essential that the buffer names be indicative of the image content.

Also, I posted about this earlier, but still looking for a way to get .png files with transparent backgrounds to appear in jit.lcd without a square white background. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks,

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