On 4/20/06, Peter König <pek@...883...> wrote:
Hi,
currently I'm testing Inkscape for the german computer magazine c't. I'm trying to crop an imported bitmap along the path described by a vector object (e.g a star) to gain a bitmap element shaped like the object (which I want to use as a "die"). I've tried the boolean operators for shapes and paths, but nothing happened. Is this operation possible in Inkscape?
Yes, see "Clipping or masking a bitmap" at http://inkscape.org/doc/tips/tutorial-tips.html.
In the development version, the same can also be done by Object > Clip
Set. However, the pattern method is still more convenient because
you can move the bitmap inside its clip by the pattern adjustment handles (in Node tool).
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