You can verify that the area has indeed been removed by clicking and dragging the image elsewhere to see if the canvas (and all of its contents) appear within the negative space of the image. You can inspect this image yourself to confirm that it is indeed deleted to transparency. If done correctly, your image should render, but with the specified area removed: How the finalized image looks with the target area deleted. To delete part of an image in Inkscape, all you have to do now is select both the rectangle and the image itself and create a clipping mask out of it by navigating to: This final step is where the magic happens. Step 4: Create a clipping mask using the path and the image The result should look something like the screenshot below where the only part of the image that is visible is the area you’d like to delete: If done correctly, the area of your image that is targeted for deletion should be the only visible part at this step. To do this, simply select the path and the rectangle at the same time (click both while holding Shift to select multiple objects) and navigate to: ![]() Now we need to create an area of negative space within the rectangle that is represented by the drawn path from step 1– or the area of the image you’d like deleted. Step 3: Subtract the path from the rectangle use path operations Refer to the video tutorial above if you do not know how to do any of this. You can also use the Align & Distribute menu (keyboard shortcut: Control + Shift + A) to align it with the image. To position the rectangle beneath the drawn path, use the Page Down key on your keyboard. Tip: the easiest way to make your rectangle the same size as the image is to copy the image, then select the rectangle and navigate to: Then, position beneath the vector path that you generated in this previous step: This workflow requires that we place a rectangle over the image that is the same size. To do this, create a rectangle that is the same size as your image and align it with your image vertically and horizontally. However, this feature only works with vector objects, so we’ll have to execute this manually when working with pixel-based images. Inkscape introduced the inverse clip effect in it’s 1.0 release in the spring of 2020. ![]() ![]() Standard clipping masks - such as that used in a previous lesson where we went over how to cut out a shape from an image - will result in the opposite of what we’re trying to accomplish in this lesson. Step 2: Create a rectangle in the size of your image and position it beneath the drawn pathĪs mentioned earlier, we’re going to have to create an inverse clipping mask in order to delete part of an image in Inkscape. The idea is that we have a vector path generated over the area of the image that needs deleting. You could also use simple shapes, such as circles, squares and polygons. It should be noted that if the area you’d like to delete from your image is more of a simple shape then you do not need to manually trace it with the Bezier Pen. For this demonstration we will be removing the zebra from the following example image: Generate a vector path in the shape of the area you’d like to delete.
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