I’d say It’s not bad at all and I’m impressed. So that was a glimpse of Inkscape to Photopea compatibility. In Photoshop, you may still need to do some adjustment (for example missing fonts issue) After that, don’t forget to open the document in Photoshop.If the conversion result goes well, rename layers and fix document size. Then open the document on Photopea again.If we found something that doesn’t work, go back to Inkscape and fix the issue, by simplifying our design or removing the unsupported part.Then check if anything has changed and if there’s a compatibility issue.Either you need to simplify your Inkscape design or edit the PSD output. So with this limitation, you need to do some adjustment when converting Inkscape format to Photoshop. So although the document can be opened in Photopea, You have to make sure that generated Photopea PSD can be opened in Photoshop too. The error is not informative at all, and I haven’t got a chance to investigate what might be causing it, but most likely happens when we use complex SVG features. Sometimes the PSD output from Photopea can’t be opened in Photoshop. We only tried Powerstroke and Envelope deformation. Works for linear & radial gradient, fill and stroke. Works, but the name changed to generic naming like layer1, layer2, layer3, etc. Clones are created as independent separated objects Works, but blur radius doesn’t seem editable, and has issue when the document is resized. Works for solid fill & stroke (sometime has line width issue) Ok lets summarize it as table for quick reference Path/shape You can play with gradients and blur to create interesting image cropping.Pattern doesn’t work. Here’s another great feature of masking in Inkscape: Just be sure to group objects ( CTRL + G) before masking. You can play with shapes and shades of grey to create even more awesome image cropping, like this:

Remember that you can use any shape, stroke, or path. Here, I use the calligraphy pen on the marker setting to draw a grey stroke over the image: Here, I’m using a thick grey stroke on a white circle: You can mask an object by using regular shapes or paths and using different shades of grey in their border or stroke.

Let’s take a look at some examples of masking:

Anything in between (all shades of grey) will become gradually transparent, with corresponding effects on the object beneath.

The part of an object with black fill or border will block any part of the object beneath it.

The part of an object with white fill or border will allow the object beneath to be visible.

This means you can crop images with feathered edges or translucent areas. HOWEVER, masking allows for gradients and blurs to modify the cropping in special ways. Like clipping, you can use masking with shapes, objects, and paths, like so: Masking works in a way very similar to clipping, but with some important advantages.įirst, access the tool in Object > Mask> Set :

Now, you can go to Object > Clip > Set to crop your image: Remember that you can also sculpt the nodes of the path for even more precision: The more patient your are, the more precise the crop. One way to do this is to use the Pen Tool (or any drawing tool, such as Pencil) to carefully draw around the shape you wish to crop. Instead of shapes, you can also create your own path in order to crop in Inkscape. In addition, you can use multiple shapes or paths for cropping images in Inkscape. You can even use a vector object, such as text: The image is now cropped according to the shapes you use to clip (in this case, a square): Now, go to Object > Clip > Set to apply clipping and crop the image.

Note that the clipping shape or object always goes on top of the image to be clipped. Next, place the shape on top of the image in the area you wish to crop, and select both the image and shape, like so: You can use squares, circles, stars, or any other shape). To clip an image (assuming you’ve imported your image to Inkscape), first create the shape you’ll be using to clip or “cut” your image. This first method for cropping images allows you to cut out a shape using Inkscape.īy creating geometric shapes and then clipping your image, you can easily cut out any shape you want on a jpeg or any other raster file, including circular, rectangular, triangular, and elliptical shapes. With clipping, you can crop in Inkscape by using regular shapes, objects such as text, or paths. It’s like using a cookie cutter to create a cookie from dough. The clip operation in Inkscape lets you place a vector shape, object or path on top of an image in order to “clip” or cut a portion of that image according to the shape used.

Inkscape drawing polygons