On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:43:07 +0200, 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?
The best way to do this in SVG might be to apply the shape to the bitmap as a clipping path. However, the user interface for this feature will not be available until Inkscape 0.44.
As an alternative, you can turn the bitmap into a pattern ("object to pattern"), and then fill a shape with it. After doing so, you may need to use the pattern handles to adjust the size and position of the pattern in the shape.
-mental