Master Clipping & Masking in Inkscape

In this lesson of the Inkscape Master Series, we’ll learn all about clipping and masking, including inverse clipping, inverse masking, and clip groups. In the project section, we’ll use what we learned to create a coffee poster. Images I used: bird: flower: tires: desk: frosted glass: coffee beans: coffee cup: ► Check out the Inkscape courses (and more!) here: (or on Skillshare: Inkscape is a free and open-source alternative to Adobe Illustrator, and you can download it here: Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:16 1. Clipping 00:52 Modify the original objects 01:21 Releasing the clip 01:36 Clipping with multiple objects 02:23 Clipping with images 02:45 Clipping multiple times 03:31 Blurring clipped objects 03:55 2. Inverse Clipping 04:25 Power Clip path effect 05:06 Inverse clipping with images 06:28 3. Clip Groups 07:14 Clipping objects to the page 07:49 4. Masking 09:00 Modifying the original objects 09:22 Masking with gradients 10:03 Blurring the mask 11:06 Using an image as the mask 11:33 5. Inverse Masking 11:54 Power Mask path effect 12:46 Inverse masking with images 14:23 6. Project 14:29 Set the poster dimensions 15:20 Create the background 15:58 Create a glass morphism effect 19:31 Add a coffee cup with reflection and drop shadow 24:40 Add some text 24:48 Outro