D-Former: how do I add a weight map?

I created a plane.
I added a d-former, and set it's influence to 'weight map.'
Went into Node Weight brush, tool settings. And there's 'add map'... grayed out. I can't select any unused maps, I can't add a weight map.
What am I missing?
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And now suddenly it's working. ... ok, nevermind, sorry!
Ok, slight change... is there a way to load an image map as a weight map? Or is that not an option?
(If so, how?)
You can't load images - that isn't what map means in this case, it means it's a matched list of weight values and vertices (in the same way a morph may be described as a map in some applications as it's a matched list of vertices and deltas, changes in position).