Instead of simply cropping like “clipping” does, masking uses color lightness to adjust the intensity of the crop. All that’s left to do is select the image and key shape together and use Object > Mask > Set.īelow is the result of the “masking”.

In the photo editing world, this is known as “feathering”. Below, I’ve also applied a very slight blur to the shape (using Fill and Stroke) which will make the crop look more realistic. To cut the loop hole, select both shapes and do a Path > Difference.Īt this point, make sure the final shape is white. I gave my key shape and ellipse different colors just so I could see them better. I almost forgot about the loop hole in the key! The Ellipse tool should work well for this. You can of course use the Nodes tool to fine-tune the nodes to get it perfect. It’s a little tedious, but my key is rather simple, so it only took me about 30 seconds to do. In this case, we’ll be using the Pen tool to manually trace the object. Let’s say I wanted to crop out the key entirely.

That’s how you’d do a simple crop using Inkscape, but what if you wanted something more complicated? Now just use the Selection tool to select the image and rectangle, then head up to Object > Clip > Set.īelow is my clipped result.

Inkscape crop multiple photos