Cutting bitmaps

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evilspacehamster88

Cutting bitmaps

Postby evilspacehamster88 » Tue May 05, 2009 7:36 pm

Is there anyway to intersect a path and a bitmap. I know that one can only use the intersection tool with two paths, but is there a workaround?


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Re: Cutting bitmaps

Postby Simarilius » Tue May 05, 2009 8:19 pm

There's a few ways to do it:
1) use the bitmap as a pattern And use booleans on the shape it's applied to
2) use a clip path on the bitmap
3) use a mask on the bitmap

I'd probably go the clip route myself, check the Inkscape Guide if you need info on clips
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