diff --git a/GUI/Win32/Canvas.py b/GUI/Win32/Canvas.py
index ecdba0b..d70c65a 100644
--- a/GUI/Win32/Canvas.py
+++ b/GUI/Win32/Canvas.py
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ class Canvas(GCanvas):
     def set_fillcolor(self, c):
         state = self._state
         state.fillcolor = c
-        state.win_fill_brush = gdip.SolidBrush(c._win_argb)
+        if self.fillcolor.image:
+            tb = gdip.TextureBrush(self.fillcolor.image)
+            state.win_fill_brush = tb
+        else:
+            state.win_fill_brush = gdip.SolidBrush(c._win_argb)
     
     def get_textcolor(self):
         return self._state.textcolor
diff --git a/GUI/Win32/Colors.py b/GUI/Win32/Colors.py
index 0adabb6..c0fbdca 100644
--- a/GUI/Win32/Colors.py
+++ b/GUI/Win32/Colors.py
@@ -7,21 +7,25 @@
 import win32con as wc, win32api as api
 from GUI import Color
 
-def rgb(red, green, blue, alpha = 1.0):
+def rgb(red, green, blue, alpha = 1.0, image = False, im = ''):
     color = Color()
-    color._red = red
-    color._green = green
-    color._blue = blue
-    color._alpha = alpha
-    color._win_color = (
-        int(red * 255) |
-        int(green * 255) << 8 |
-        int(blue * 255) << 16)
-    color._win_argb = (
-        int(blue * 255) |
-        int(green * 255) << 8 |
-        int(red * 255) << 16 |
-        int(alpha * 255) << 24)
+    color.image = image
+    if image:
+        color.image = im._win_image
+    else:
+        color._red = red
+        color._green = green
+        color._blue = blue
+        color._alpha = alpha
+        color._win_color = (
+            int(red * 255) |
+            int(green * 255) << 8 |
+            int(blue * 255) << 16)
+        color._win_argb = (
+            int(blue * 255) |
+            int(green * 255) << 8 |
+            int(red * 255) << 16 |
+            int(alpha * 255) << 24)
     return color
 
 selection_forecolor = Color._from_win_color(
diff --git a/GUI/Win32/GDIPlus.py b/GUI/Win32/GDIPlus.py
index 788bfa7..e2ac0ee 100644
--- a/GUI/Win32/GDIPlus.py
+++ b/GUI/Win32/GDIPlus.py
@@ -159,6 +159,21 @@ class SolidBrush(object):
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+class TextureBrush(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, image):
+        ptr = c_void_p()
+        wg.GdipCreateTexture(image.ptr, 4, byref(ptr))
+        self.ptr = ptr
+    
+    def __del__(self, wg = wg):
+        wg.GdipDeleteBrush(self.ptr)
+    
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "<TextureBrush>"
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 class Font(object):
 
     def __init__(self, family, size, style):
diff --git a/lightningbeam.py b/lightningbeam.py
index f38e545..3cdf2f7 100755
--- a/lightningbeam.py
+++ b/lightningbeam.py
@@ -697,7 +697,16 @@ def import_to_stage(widget=None):
 				os.system("sips -s format png "+thefile+" --out "+svlgui.SECURETEMPDIR+"/"+".".join(thefile.split("/")[-1].split(".")[:-1])+".png")
 			elif "linux" in svlgui.PLATFORM:
 				os.system("convert "+thefile+" "+svlgui.SECURETEMPDIR+"/"+".".join(thefile.split("/")[-1].split(".")[:-1])+".png")
-			thefile = svlgui.SECURETEMPDIR+"/"+".".join(thefile.split("/")[-1].split(".")[:-1])+".png"
+			elif svlgui.PLATFORM=="win32":
+				from PIL import Image
+				im = Image.open(thefile)
+				# Use alpha channel if available (e.g. GIF)
+				transparency = im.info["transparency"] if 'transparency' in im.info else None
+				if transparency:
+					im.save(svlgui.SECURETEMPDIR+"\\"+".".join(thefile.split("\\")[-1].split(".")[:-1])+".png", transparency=transparency)
+				else:
+					im.save(svlgui.SECURETEMPDIR+"\\"+".".join(thefile.split("\\")[-1].split(".")[:-1])+".png")
+			thefile = svlgui.SECURETEMPDIR+svlgui.sep+".".join(thefile.split(svlgui.sep)[-1].split(".")[:-1])+".png"
 			im = box(100,100,200,200,svlgui.Color(thefile))
 			im.onMouseDown = onMouseDownObj
 			im.onMouseMove = onMouseMoveObj