Thank You Simarilius, that helped also. Good to go.

Thanks kelan, that is what I wanting to do. What would be the best way to make it where the selection edges that I removed were not so sharp(jagged)? Thanks again.
Alex

Thanks for the replies. This helps out with part of my problems. The other thing would be how to use the bezier tool to select multiple things and then clip them. For instance, say there is a picture of a car that I want to remove the background. I can do this, but how would I be able to select the ...

Hi , I am new to Inkscape and am really starting to like it. I can't figure out how to remove different part(s) of a picture or make the part(s) transparent. My best example would be a picture of a tire against a background. I know how to use the clip tool to remove the outer section of the tire, bu...