This will cut out the selected image and remove the rest of the background. Select both the image and the original trace. We are now going to separate the image from the background. Click on the eye icon for the duplicate trace layer to hide it for now. Go to Object > Fill and Stroke and in the Stroke Paint panel on the right, choose a color. To see the difference between the two traces you need to change the Stroke color of the top one.

A new window will appear, select the layer you just created and click Move. Make sure the trace is selected, then right click > Move to Layer. In the Layers panel, click on the ”+” icon to create a new layer. To bring up the Layers panel, press Ctrl + Shift + L. With the trace still selected, press Ctrl+D to duplicate it. This trace will be used as a cut line later on. We are going to create a duplicate of the trace and move it to a new layer. Move the new nodes around by clicking + dragging as needed. Do this by double clicking a line between two nodes to add a new one. To have greater flexibility and more accurate tracing, you can add more nodes. Nodes are the little squares or triangles.Ĭlick on a selected node and reposition it around the image. Click on this tool to select and edit the nodes. In this toolbar you will also find the Node editing tool. Now, zoom into your image using the Zoom option on the left side toolbar. With the tool selected, roughly trace the image that you want to remove from the background. The Bezier Curve Tool can be found on the left hand side toolbar. Next, we are going to use the Bezier Curve tool to draw around the image. Once in Inkscape, open the image containing the elements. We are using these watercolor Winter landscapes for this tutorial. During this tutorial we will make use of the Bezier Curve Tool.īefore we begin, make sure that your file has been downloaded and unzipped to your PC. This is especially helpful when you want to extract specific elements from an image. In today’s tutorial we will show you how to remove an image from a background with Inkscape.

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