Here is a tutorial i wrote up to cover the basics of clipping (cropping) in Inkscape:

http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/ ... -inkscape/

cheers,
ryanlerch

Thanks for posting that tut, it's very well done too. I've not used clipping much, but seeing that it works with various paths gives me some ideas to do more with it. Now can we persuade you to do the same kind of tutorial with masks?
thanks
dee