I'm hooked on changing the look of an audio player., we all have hobbies, don't judge The code utilises named objects, the two I edit mainly are filename="back" and filename="timeline" (player background and the timeline). Using shapes, lines, transparencies, fills etc work perfectly, and my limited imagination has skipping through ideas like a lamb in springtime. However, if I drop a jpeg, bmp, whatever into the mix, I end up with a blank space.

Picture on it's own - nothing
Picture grouped with shape - nothing
Shape on it's own - fine
Shape grouped with shape - fine

Is there a way to convert a picture to a shape? This may well be my lack of understanding the what constitutes the difference between a graphic, a picture and a shape.

I use XWDP but have easy access to XDP if needs be.