After importing a photo (jpg) I want to select a shape and then I want to cut only that shape out of the picture and paste it elsewhere. Is this simple action possible with inkscape? If so, write down simply the steps. thanks

How can I create animations (gif) (flash) using inkscape? How do I add sound to those animations? Apparently there is a way by downloading swftools but which swftools do I download (because there are so many!) and where do I download it? Please explain simply in a step by step way. OR do you recomme...