For instance, having the following gauge:

a picture clip region over the background layer shows as:

when the source picture is:
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The ClipPicture property supports the following properties and methods:


| Name | Description | |||
| AlphaFrom | Gets or sets a value that specifies the alpha-byte to start clipping the picture from. | |||
| AlphaTo | Gets or sets a value that specifies the alpha-byte to end clipping the picture to. | |||
| DisplayAs | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the way how the graphic is arranged on the mask/clip. | |||
| Height | Specifies the height value / expression of the clip, relative to the layer. | |||
| InverseClip | Indicates whether the current clip object is inverted. | |||
| Left | Specifies the left position / expression of the clip, relative to the layer. | |||
| Name | Indicates the picture to be used as a mask/clip. | |||
| OffsetX | Specifies the x-offset expression / value of the clip, relative to the layer. | |||
| OffsetY | Specifies the y-offset expression / value of the clip, relative to the layer. | |||
| Top | Specifies the top position / expression of the clip, relative to the layer. | |||
| Width | Specifies the width value / expression of the clip, relative to the layer. |