Just had a play with the clipping tool and I think it will do the job I want so many thanks for the help once again.

Hi All

My apologies for not getting back sooner. I was in a field and not able to contribute. Thanks for the suggestions and I will try them out. The silhouettes all vary and I am using the ideas to build my skills.

Hi Thanks for the response. If I give an illustration (pardon the pun) For example I have an vector image of a London Taxi. I want to make the taxi transparent so I can create a new layer behind with words relating to London. Actually if I create a transparent layer with the taxi place it on top do ...

Hi

I understand how to remove a background. However I want to create a layer where the image is transparent. This will be done in order to create word art. Does anyone have any ideas.

Version 0.91 Windows 10

Thanks in advance

Alan

Many thanks will give it a try

Alan

Hi

I am currently working on a number of projects which require me to reuse the same fonts over and over. At present I am having to keep scrolling through the fonts but would like to create a group if possible so I can access them easily. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Alan

Made the changes you both suggested and problem solved. Many thanks for your time and effort. Greatly appreciated

Alan

Hi Just tried the config with a restart with no avail. The following is copied and pasted from my directories and would appreciate a look over C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Roaming\inkscape\palettes Pastel.gpl Gimp Palette Name: Picture Pastel # 3 118 163 A 211 85 86 B 160 6 56 C 75 41 68 D 123 45 93 E 219 ...

Will try. So grateful for the reply

Alan

Hi Thanks for the reply. I put the palette in inkscape/shared/palettes With regard to the names I have tried to create a totally new palette and I have tried to alter an installed palette while only changing the colour codes. The later has meant the removal from the list of available palettes. I hav...

Hi In the past I have created a colour palette in Gimp and moved it across without any problem. However, I needed to edit the palette and save as a separate name. My problem is that whenever I have saved the palette it is not showing up in the available palettes. I have checked the location etc but ...