Can i have a target image by accessing directly on the image file (.jpg, .png .bmp) instead of using the .xml and .dat file from target manager?
And aside from capturing the user define image directly on my camera, can i just use the image i already had (for example in my asset folder)?
No, you need to first create a Dataset (XML/DAT) out of your jpg/png image, you cannot use the image "as is".