Area Select of an Image

I'm not looking to purchase anything I just need a little help. I can't seem to find any sorce code or tutorials on the net describing how I can get a small area of an image and display it on screen as an image itself. Example: I want to have a single image consisting of a clock face, digits 0-9, am & pm, and the colon. What I want to do is select an area of that image so that if the hour is 12, it takes the predefined area of the master image, where the 1 is, and makes that image the 1, and the same for the 2. Also, I cannot understand how to change the coloring of the image. Example: I want a B&W Image like the one described above, so that if the user selects a green color, the white's are replaced with green, the same shade as any whites, black being the unchangeable color. I just need a basic example of how to do this. Your help is appreciated. This project is for my own enjoyment & learning. James ## Deliverables 1) Complete Source Code AND\OR Complete Tutorial on how the requested function should\could be implemented. 2) Please, If Possible, Try to stick with basic coding without adding anything like API or OLE or the like; This is just an example to show you that I only want something that will explain it without adding a module, if possible, and if not required. 3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement). ## Platform Windows XP, SP2