That’s what we’ll be doing with our rectangle and our image.

A cookie cutter is used to make cookie dough take the shape of the cutter. It’s similar (in concept) to how a cookie cutter works. In short, clipping masks allow you to make one object take the shape of another object. Once you have your rectangle placed exactly over the areas of your image you’d like to crop, it’s time to create a clipping mask, which is the tool required when using Inkscape to crop an image. To make your adjustments more precise, you can zoom in on the image by holding Control on your keyboard and rolling up and down on the mouse wheel to zoom in and out respectively. Now you can grab the Select tool (keyboard shortcut: S) - located at the top of your tools list - and use it to adjust the width, height, and location of your rectangle until it is placed exactly over the area of the image you’d like to crop. Reducing the opacity of the rectangle will allow you to see where the image is located beneath it. The color you should use will depend on your own image. Once you’ve reduced the opacity, it would make sense to change the color of the rectangle to a shade that contrasts well with your image’s composition so you can see it better.įor this particular image I’ll be using red because it’s easily visible against the blue-ish green backdrop. It may be difficult for you to see exactly where the rectangle is situated in relation to the image, so it would be a good idea to reduce the opacity of the rectangle to 50% using the menu at the bottom of the screen: Adjust the opacity using the input values at the bottom of the screen. With the rectangle tool selected, click and drag to create a rectangle over the area of your image you’d like to crop: Don’t worry if your rectangle isn’t located precisely where it needs to be. It should be the third tool down from the top: Locate the Rectangle tool in your toolbar. To do this, grab the Rectangles and squares tool (keyboard shortcut: R) which is located in the tools menu on the left-hand side of your screen. Now that you have your image opened we can begin the process of choosing the area we’d like to crop. Step 2: Create A Rectangle Over Your Image Follow my dark theme tutorial for Inkscape if you’d like to do the same. Your image should now be opened in Inkscape, and within its own dedicated document.įor this demonstration I will be using the following example photo: My example photo, opened with Inkscape.Īs a side note, if you’re wondering why my version of Inkscape may look different from yours, it’s because I’m using a dark theme. When prompted with the import menu, make sure to choose the following presets: Make sure your import presets match the screenshot above, otherwise your image may import at a different size. Locate your image on your hard drive and select it.

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