Not sure but I got what I was trying to accomplish

I figured it out. I had to go to Filters>Color>Colorize. Works great now.

Here's a screen shot https://www.screencast.com/t/nIFkfBimx
I can change the color to any of those defaulted colors on the bottom. However, I have a specific hex color (#763F21) that I want to apply.

I need to use a custom-color and I've tried the keyboard shortcuts, right-clicked the fill color at the bottom, and went to Object>Fill and Stroke....nothing works. The layer is unlocked and I can use and change the fill color with the defaulted colors at the bottom. What am I doing wrong? I'm on ve...

It works soooo cool! Google Earth even has tab to create an overlay. Just browse for the photo and voila!

Thanks again!

Thanks for all the advice and your time! I really appreciate it!

Thanks for the quick and informative reply!

So if I import the Google Earth photo and stack it correctly, the white background goes away?

I'm not even sure that's the best term so I'll describe it as best as possible. I have an SVG file of a layout of a racetrack. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Circuit_de_la_sarthe_rev12_enlabels.svg It's black and white and is only a single layer as far as I can tell. I want to be...