Inkscape Clipping and Masking | Inkscape

Clipping and Masking are important tools in Inkscape’s arsenal, giving you the ability to create some exceptional artwork. Clipping and masking are very similar – both allow you to hide part of an object, path, group or image, but you can also vary an objects transparency when using masks.

In this tutorial, I show you how to use both features and demonstrate how you can create realistic shading, highlights, and reflections to take your artwork and graphic designs to the next level.

In this tutorial, I’m using the latest version of Inkscape – Inkscape 1.1

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[CreateForFree]

Since making this video, I have discovered a much better way to soften a clipped edge. Instead of putting the clipped object on it's own layer and blurring the layer, you can group the object (on it's own) then blur the group. This allows you to place it or group it just like any other object 👍

[FoeFear]

I'm so glad I clicked on this video! I've been using inkscape for a couple of years and I haven't been able to create complicated designs. This really helps!

[ewobh]

You're the only one who explained WHY you duplicate the object before you click Object-Clip-Set. TY!

[rebeccaoluwakemi]

After watching various YouTube videos on how to clip objects, I finally learned how to properly do it with your video.🙌

[DebHeadworth]

Wow! Thank you! I’m extremely grateful you shared your knowledge here in such a concise and easy sequence. Just the right pace to learn from! Thanks!

[anahata]

So clear and concise! Thank you for such a helpful video. I especially appreciate that you contextualized masking in this way. I have watched other videos that showed how to do masking, but only in an abstract way, and I really couldn't understand when or why you would ever use it. But now I get it, thanks to you.

[geckosonic]

Excellent video, perfectly paced. This can be such a difficult subject to explain

[skyeblue]

Hello from a very cold south coast in UK this has been very helpful and no I didnt already know this stuff but then Im a newbie anyway so stuff like this is most helpful and now I dont have to spend weeks pulling out my hair so thank you

[ezamyazny]

This is very skillful. Thanks, u got my sub

[stevo]

TY for this excellent tutorial...keep em coming!

[RUSTICWLF]

Great tutorial my friend.
Thanks for sharing this simple and so effective technique.
loving your videos keep em comming! 👍🐺👍

[nigelpallatt]

Really good I had no idea that was posible in IS. Thank you!

[babysaho]

Downloaded inkscape last week. Binge watching videos to learn how to use it. Your video helped a lot, thanks very much.

[slowpainful]

Really helpful, thank you so much! Also, I lived in Britain for a long time so I loved when you said "bits n bobs" lol.

[animatoonstv.]

Amazing thanks for sharing this information.👍😃

[katemccarthy]

Not done this before, so thank you for the great tutorial.

[CreateForFree]

Thanks, Hanney for your comment, YouTube seems to have removed the comment but it did come through on my emails :-) Glad you found it helpful

[Colin]

I have drawn a circle and I have an image. I want to cut out of the circle. How would I do that? Would that be a reverse clip?

[ericmuhlberg]

Awesome video, 15 min well invested 👍

[skins]

How do you edit an object once it is clipped inside another object after deselecting it?