bill - 6:14 am on Aug 25, 2009 (gmt 0)

Have you had any luck finding a solution for this?

This one may not be exactly what you're looking for, but it was an MS solution: How to save a graphic from the Clipboard to a file by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 [support.microsoft.com]

I'm not sure how many graphics programs do this, but PhotoShop and PhotoShop Elements both let me create a new image from the clipboard.