[Solved] Clipping a photo. How to make background a different colour?

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OldGrantonian
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[Solved] Clipping a photo. How to make background a different colour?

Postby OldGrantonian » Sun May 01, 2016 3:55 am

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In a different post, I've been given help in cropping a photo.

The result is a rectangle the same size as the original photo before cropping.

The lower two-thirds is the cropped image. The upper one-third is now white, corresponding to the canvas. There's an irregular border between the upper and lower parts, corresponding to the cropping.

How can I make the upper one-third a different background, for example beige, using the same irregular border?
Last edited by OldGrantonian on Sun May 01, 2016 6:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
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tylerdurden
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Re: Clipping a photo. How to make background a different colour?

Postby tylerdurden » Sun May 01, 2016 4:38 am

I'd just put a filled shape behind all other elements.

http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... Order.html
Have a nice day.

I'm using Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06), 64 bit win8.1

The Inkscape manual has lots of helpful info! http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/
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OldGrantonian
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[Solved]Re: Clipping a photo. How to make background a different colour?

Postby OldGrantonian » Sun May 01, 2016 6:11 am

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Thanks tylerdurden. That worked fine.
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