First up, we are going to start with our little monster friend here that was downloaded from the Open Clip Art Library: If you are less familiar with Inkscape, here is a more detailed walkthrough tutorial for cropping / clipping in Inkscape. Finally, select both the group from Step 1, and the clipping object from Step 2, and from the Inkscape menus, choose Object > Clip > Set.This can be any single shape, a rectangle, a circle or even a star. Draw a shape over the top of the group where you want to clip / crop.Select all the objects that you want to clip / crop, and group them together with Object > Group from the menu.The process is pretty simple to clip (crop) a group of objects in Inkscape: Basic process for cropping / clipping in Inkscape

The Clipping feature is an easy and versatile way to crop vector or bitmap/raster objects in Inkscape. If you are exporting your inkscape document (SVG) to a bitmap (a PNG) with the “File > Export Bitmap” command, and want to only export a portion of your document, then changing the document size, and just exporting the document is probably the solution for your needs.If you have a single path or object (like a star or a rectangle), and want to trim or crop that object down, then Boolean Operations is probably what you need.If you have a complex drawing with many shapes and objects, and want to trim these, then Clipping is probably the solution for you.This FAQ explains a few of the techniques that people actually mean when they say they want to crop in inkscape. Inkscape is primarily a vector graphics editor, so when someone asks this question, they could possibly mean something slightly different to a traditional image crop. One of the most frequently asked questions from Inkscape users is “how do i crop an image or object?”.

Inkscape crop a png