{"id":38611,"date":"2021-11-30T23:10:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T23:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/other-photo-softwares\/inkscape\/how-to-make-a-shape-transparent-in-inkscape\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T23:10:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T23:10:42","slug":"how-to-make-a-shape-transparent-in-inkscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/other-photo-softwares\/inkscape\/how-to-make-a-shape-transparent-in-inkscape\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a shape transparent in inkscape?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The easiest way is to use the rectangle tool and create a rectangle\/square the same size as you page bounding box. Then select it and use the Fill N Stroke box to select a color (or can use the pallette tool). You can choose any color you want.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Select the shape or shapes that you want to make transparent. Right-click, and on the context menu, select Format > Fill. Set the Transparency slider to the percentage of transparency that you want.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
If you’d like to make your SVG background transparent in the sense that it displays a grayscale checkerboard pattern (like GIMP and other applications do) instead of white, you can do so by navigating to File > Document Properties and ticking the box that read Checkerboard Background.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
To cut out a shape from an image with Inkscape, place your shape over the images, select both the shape and the image at the same time, then create a clipping path from it by navigating to Object, Clip, Set. This opens in a new window. It should be noted that this tutorial is for making your image fit a specific shape.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n