How can I crop an SVG file with Inkscape? As in, I have an SVG file, and I want a smaller SVG file that contains a rectangular portion of it. Seems pretty basic, right? What's the simplest way to do it?
Keenan Pepper
See, this is why we need a central forum. So users can search for these common questions.
Keenan, It's pretty easy. Simply draw a square around the area you want visible. Make sure it's the VERY top layer or object. Then CTRL+A OBJECT>CLIP>SET
Your image is now cropped. Keep in mind though, they objects are still there, they're just hidden. If you export it, you will be able to export the selection and only the visible areas will be exported.
Keenan Pepper wrote:
How can I crop an SVG file with Inkscape? As in, I have an SVG file, and I want a smaller SVG file that contains a rectangular portion of it. Seems pretty basic, right? What's the simplest way to do it?
Keenan Pepper
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On 6/19/07, Dave Niezabitowski <dniezby@...1263...> wrote:
See, this is why we need a central forum. So users can search for these common questions.
Keenan, It's pretty easy. Simply draw a square around the area you want visible. Make sure it's the VERY top layer or object. Then CTRL+A OBJECT>CLIP>SET
Your image is now cropped. Keep in mind though, they objects are still there, they're just hidden. If you export it, you will be able to export the selection and only the visible areas will be exported.
That makes everything else invisible, but the dimensions of the SVG file and the part I'm interested in are unchanged, so I get a big mostly blank image with a tiny thing inside it. How can I actually make the SVG file smaller, so the part I'm interested in fills the whole frame?
Also, it would be nice if I could really get rid of everything outside the crop region, so that the size of the SVG file (in terms of bytes) gets smaller.
Keenan
On 6/19/07, Keenan Pepper <keenanpepper@...155...> wrote:
On 6/19/07, Dave Niezabitowski <dniezby@...1263...> wrote:
See, this is why we need a central forum. So users can search for these common questions.
Keenan, It's pretty easy. Simply draw a square around the area you want visible. Make sure it's the VERY top layer or object. Then CTRL+A OBJECT>CLIP>SET
Your image is now cropped. Keep in mind though, they objects are still there, they're just hidden. If you export it, you will be able to export the selection and only the visible areas will be exported.
That makes everything else invisible, but the dimensions of the SVG file and the part I'm interested in are unchanged, so I get a big mostly blank image with a tiny thing inside it. How can I actually make the SVG file smaller, so the part I'm interested in fills the whole frame?
Also, it would be nice if I could really get rid of everything outside the crop region, so that the size of the SVG file (in terms of bytes) gets smaller.
Keenan
Theres an option in the document properties to set page to selection. That may do what your after. Dont think theres an easy way to delete whats outside the area, if there is someone please enlighten me too :)
You could tediously apply a 'intersection' to each and every path using the same shape :)
I was thinking it could be a feature that wouldn't be difficult to script, but if you start working with groups, clips, and masks it becomes more complicated. Each path would have to be ungrouped, intersected then regrouped. Not to mention every object/shape would need to be converted to a path. Perhaps possible, but would require a lot of recursion.
john cliff-2 wrote:
Dont think theres an easy way to delete whats outside the area, if there is someone please enlighten me too :)
Can't you then just as well make a simple script to start with, that just slices and export to a series of a4-png? Or any custom size? Just to start with... :) ^ ^
-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of microUgly Sent: 20. juni 2007 12:46 To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Cropping
You could tediously apply a 'intersection' to each and every path using the same shape :)
I was thinking it could be a feature that wouldn't be difficult to script, but if you start working with groups, clips, and masks it becomes more complicated. Each path would have to be ungrouped, intersected then regrouped. Not to mention every object/shape would need to be converted to a path. Perhaps possible, but would require a lot of recursion.
john cliff-2 wrote:
Dont think theres an easy way to delete whats outside the area, if there is someone please enlighten me too :)
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Maarten van der Velde wrote:
Can't you then just as well make a simple script to start with, that just slices and export to a series of a4-png? Or any custom size? Just to start with... :) ^ ^
I think Keenan wants the result to still be an SVG files, rather than a bitmap.
2007. 06. 20, szerda keltezéssel 04.10-kor microUgly ezt írta:
Maarten van der Velde wrote:
Can't you then just as well make a simple script to start with, that just slices and export to a series of a4-png? Or any custom size? Just to start with... :) ^ ^
I think Keenan wants the result to still be an SVG files, rather than a bitmap.
but the printing problem (previous thread) would be solved elegantly. (version pre-alpha of multipage support, what was talked a few months ago)
Khiraly
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Dave Niezabitowski wrote:
See, this is why we need a central forum. So users can search for these common questions.
https://sourceforge.net/search/?ml_name=inkscape-user&type_of_search=mli...
Cheers -Terry
Keenan, It's pretty easy. Simply draw a square around the area you want visible. Make sure it's the VERY top layer or object. Then CTRL+A OBJECT>CLIP>SET
Your image is now cropped. Keep in mind though, they objects are still there, they're just hidden. If you export it, you will be able to export the selection and only the visible areas will be exported.
Keenan Pepper wrote:
How can I crop an SVG file with Inkscape? As in, I have an SVG file, and I want a smaller SVG file that contains a rectangular portion of it. Seems pretty basic, right? What's the simplest way to do it?
Keenan Pepper
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