Hello all,

I'd like to make a widget - something like the shaped clock example. Instead of drawing the thing 'by hand' I'd like to use some image - perhaps even from a photograph (whatever).

What's the image format to use?
I'd like scalability, too. I'll also be doing some very simple animation (rotating and changing colours).
Do I embed the image into a resource (I don't know anything about using them) or is it ok to load it from a file?

you guys are a great help, thanks,
K