<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_7f306fa4-7d37-4c3c-83e5-aa0d562961af"> <font size="2" color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks for the quick reply!  I have gone through these samples, perhaps I am missing your point.  I do not see any sample which uses more than one image (i.e. png file).  Each example seems to use a single surface.  I see how to render on top of these surfaces, I am doing this today with great success.  I do not see how to add a second surface (I assume this is what I am trying to do).  I am looking for something like picture-in-picture.  My main surface would be an image from a buffer I supply (an RGB image) and I want to add a second (or more) image(s) on top of this base surface.</font></font><br> <font size="2" color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_c43a1938-caf2-491a-84a9-2abea5ed9032" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><a href="http://www.cairographics.org/samples/" target="_blank">> www.cairographics.org/samples/</a> has some useful examples. > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:14 AM, <<a href="mailto:robertk54@aol.com">robertk54@aol.com</a>> wrote: > > Is it possible to render images from files on to images created from a > > buffer?  I have an image buffer I am using as my main image.  I can render > > text on top of this image.  I would like to render images from files (i.e. > > png files) on top of the base image. > > > > Thanks, > > Bob </tt><br> </pre></div> </div> </font></font> </div>  </div> </font></font>