diff --git a/CSharp/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/Controls/DrawingArea/DrawingAreaControl.cs b/CSharp/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/Controls/DrawingArea/DrawingAreaControl.cs
index c7cf19df..9eea9cfa 100644
--- a/CSharp/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/Controls/DrawingArea/DrawingAreaControl.cs
+++ b/CSharp/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/Controls/DrawingArea/DrawingAreaControl.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ using MBS.Framework.Drawing;
 
 using UniversalEditor.ObjectModels.Multimedia.Picture;
 
+using UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface;
+
 namespace UniversalEditor.Controls.DrawingArea
 {
 	public class DrawingAreaControl : CustomControl
@@ -50,15 +52,7 @@ namespace UniversalEditor.Controls.DrawingArea
 			else
 			{
 				Console.WriteLine("new picture dimensions {0}x{1}", mvarPicture.Width, mvarPicture.Height);
-				for (int x = 0; x < mvarPicture.Width; x++)
-				{
-					for (int y = 0; y < mvarPicture.Height; y++)
-					{
-						Color c = mvarPicture.GetPixel(x, y);
-						e.Graphics.DrawLine(new Pen(c), x, y, x + 1, y + 1);
-					}
-				}
-				// e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, new Rectangle(0, 0, mvarPicture.Width, mvarPicture.Height));
+				Image image = mvarPicture.ToImage();
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/CSharp/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/PictureObjectModelExtensions.cs b/CSharp/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/PictureObjectModelExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..170ddb68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CSharp/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/PictureObjectModelExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//
+//  PictureObjectModelExtensions.cs
+//
+//  Author:
+//       Mike Becker <alcexhim@gmail.com>
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2019 Mike Becker
+//
+//  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+using System;
+using MBS.Framework.Drawing;
+using MBS.Framework.UserInterface.Drawing;
+using UniversalEditor.ObjectModels.Multimedia.Picture;
+
+namespace UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface
+{
+	public static class PictureObjectModelExtensions
+	{
+		public static Image ToImage(this PictureObjectModel pic)
+		{
+			Image image = Image.Create(pic.Width, pic.Height);
+			Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(image);
+
+			for (int x = 0; x < pic.Width; x++)
+			{
+				for (int y = 0; y < pic.Height; y++)
+				{
+					Color c = pic.GetPixel(x, y);
+					g.DrawLine(new Pen(c), x, y, x + 1, y + 1);
+				}
+			}
+			return image;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/CSharp/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface.csproj b/CSharp/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface.csproj
index 684185fb..2b7c89bd 100644
--- a/CSharp/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface.csproj
+++ b/CSharp/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface.csproj
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Editors\Multimedia\Audio\Synthesized\PianoRoll\Views\PianoRollView.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\Multimedia\Audio\Synthesized\PianoRoll\PianoRollSelectionMode.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\Multimedia\Audio\Synthesized\PianoRoll\Dialogs\NotePropertiesDialog.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="PictureObjectModelExtensions.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="Editors\" />