If you’d like to learn more about how layers work in Inkscape check out my tutorial here. Name the layer and determine if you’d like to place it above or below the layer currently selected.Įach of my three groups of objects will be placed in one of three layers, so I have created three layers as depicted below: With the Layers menu opened, click the plus icon ( +) in the bottom-left corner of the menu to add a new layer. Once we’ve separated all of our design elements we can begin creating new layers.Īlternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut which is Control + Shift + L Step 2: Open the Layers menu and add as many new layers as needed Each of these three groups will be cut and pasted into new layers that we will create in the next step. There are plenty of other photo editing programs that could do the same thing (probably better), but if you ever need a photo-realistic element in your vector designs, this is one way to do it.You can choose to separate your elements individually, or you can make them into groups as I did for this demonstration:Įach of the design elements in this example design have been segmented into one of three groups. You can also crop vector elements in InkscapeĪs you can tell now, cropping a photo is very easy to do in Inkscape. Inkscape has a few effects that work for images, such as Extensions > Color > Grayscale.īelow, I’ve also added a drop shadow by blurring a duplicated key shape and positioning it behind the cropped key. 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.
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