Thanks Xav, good to know.

Okay, figured this out myself. I was opening a file previously created and, in that file, I must have dragged a corner handle on a rectangle along the side which created curved corners or something like that. Apparently, when you do that, it stays with the rectangle tool each time you use it in that...

I select the rectangle tool and drag a rectangle to the size I want and when I fill it, it fills as an oval or circle. I did not choose a circle. What am I doing wrong?

Okay, thanks for the info. This confirms what I sort of figured out for myself. I am really new to the vector world and I am slowly making sense of it. This Inkscape is awesome.

BTW, I did end up replicating the image as SVG, changing the colors, then exporting it as a PNG.

I have this png file and when I change the fill color.... it does not change color. The dialogue windows reflects the change I made but the image itself does not change color, Any ideas? I need to change the black color to another color.

I attached the file... very small.

@Lazur URH: I probably did it incorrectly but I did reverse the path direction and it had no discernible effect on the image but, as I said, I probably did it wrong. I will continue to try, though, as I am sure there is more than one solution to my problem. By the way, the exclusion path operation i...

Thanks for the link... I looked but did not find your original reference to path operations - don't know how I missed it. So far, this looks promising - the exclusion operation seems to be what I needed.

Lazur, I was able to successfully use Inkscape to make the path for clipping - problem is that I have two paths - total outline and the 'hole' between arm and body. When I fill the path, the entire outline fills including the 'hole'. I am trying to find a way to keep the hole transparent. Is that po...

@Maestral: I know you're being helpful but I don't understand what you mean. Being new to this having only ever used powerpoint or microsoft publisher for any graphic work, this program is overwhelming and I believe my head is having a tough time moving from a raster paradigm to vectors. I will get ...

Thus far when doing this with people images, I used the Bezier tool to create an outline path around the entire image... Then, using the Bezier tool again, I created another path outlining the gap between the arm and the torso. I combined the two paths then used Object|Clip|Set to extract what I wan...

I appreciate the help.. I am still working on it. I attached what I want to achieve - did it in another application. This is just a working image to figure out what I need. Once I learn how to do it I will be using the technique for pictures where I have cut a person out of a jpg and the person is s...

I am new to Inkscape so I may have my terms and concepts a little off. I have this svg - see attached and I have combined the two paths. What I want to do but cannot figure out how to do it is to first fill the svg with green such that image fills except the triangle in the center... or, the entire ...

Success - thank you all for your help and patience.

I can see the path by releasing the clip however I don't quite know how to manipulate it. If I try to drag it to the side, it simply distorts a segment of the path and when I choose the select tool, the path is no longer visible. How can I actually select and move/copy the outline path? Oh... @tyler...

Thanks for the replies. When I did the outline/trace, I selected the entire image then used Object|Clip|Set (as seen in a tutorial video on youtube) and that removed the background leaving me with the image I skillfully removed from the jpg. Then I saved it as SVG then exported as PNG. Maybe Object|...

Okay, I successfully opened a jpg, traced it using bezier curves then cut it out of the background and saved the resulting image as svg and exported it as a png. It was a tedious process yet I persevered and was pleased with the result. Now, I would like to make a silhouette of the image and I thoug...