When clipping, it is always easier to group the objects being clipped. Our monster is actually a group of 21 objects (a mixture of Ellipses and Paths). 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 circle