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Help Using Inkscape => Inkscape Beginners' Questions => Topic started by: Silverfoxdmt73 on March 26, 2017, 07:15:42 AM

Title: Layers help needed.
Post by: Silverfoxdmt73 on March 26, 2017, 07:15:42 AM

I'm trying to use Inkscape to make maps for a roleplaying game.

I drew a map using Paint a while ago and want to use that as the basis of a more detailed one. I imported the .Png file into Inkscape and i want to add detail and clean up the map and hope to use layers to show things like political borders and terrain features but i want to be able to hide the original images behind the newer layers but it seems the original file is always visible.

Am i doing something wrong? Is there a way to hide the imported image or remove it altogether?

Title: Re: Layers help needed.
Post by: Pilosopong Tasyo on March 28, 2017, 03:28:07 AM

(http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/images/thumb/Layer_Dialog.png/200px-Layer_Dialog.png)

Click the  :vis:

Title: Re: Layers help needed.
Post by: brynn on March 30, 2017, 12:42:46 AM

Welcome to the forum!

Or to remove it completely, select it (by clicking on it with the Selection tool) and then Delete.

Regarding

Quote from: Silverfoxdmt73 on March 26, 2017, 07:15:42 AM

.....i want to add detail and clean up the map and.....

You can add detail, but you won't be able to edit the PNG almost at all, with Inkscape.  You might be able to change colors (over the whole PNG at once), using the Layer Blend Modes, or maybe some filters. 

But mostly it can't be edited with Inkscape.  However, you could edit in a raster editor, and re-import back to Inkscape.

Title: Re: Layers help needed.
Post by: Silverfoxdmt73 on March 31, 2017, 01:13:43 AM

Quote from: brynn on March 30, 2017, 12:42:46 AM

Or to remove it completely, select it (by clicking on it with the Selection tool) and then Delete.

Thanks! That's got it...

I can hopefully get to work on the new layers now.

Title: Re: Layers help needed.
Post by: brynn on April 01, 2017, 06:47:49 PM

Good news, congrats!