I have an image file that I just traced from a bitmap so I assume that is now a vector which I think should mean it is possible to then intersect it with a frame. I have inserted a circle and overlaid it on the vector image. I then selected both and tried to do Path>intersection but it wont work and neither does any of the other boolean operations. I have tried also selecting the former bitmap and selecting Object to path but this doesn't seem to work either. I have attached an image of the screen ( ignore the box on top that is just a privacy thing for the purpose of this posting)
what Im trying to do is make a circular version of the image so that I can make a stamp
When you trace a bitmap, the vectorised output is a group of paths which must be ungrouped [shift+ctrl+g] before using boolean operations like intersection. You will need to duplicate the circle and intersect it with each shape in turn.
Alternatively [Object > Clip > Set Clip] will work for grouped shapes. Maybe this will meet your needs.
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I have an image file that I just traced from a bitmap so I assume that is now a vector which I think should mean it is possible to then intersect it with a frame. I have inserted a circle and overlaid it on the vector image. I then selected both and tried to do Path>intersection but it wont work and neither does any of the other boolean operations. I have tried also selecting the former bitmap and selecting Object to path but this doesn't seem to work either. I have attached an image of the screen ( ignore the box on top that is just a privacy thing for the purpose of this posting)
what Im trying to do is make a circular version of the image so that I can make a stamp
When you trace a bitmap, the vectorised output is a group of paths which must be ungrouped [shift+ctrl+g] before using boolean operations like intersection. You will need to duplicate the circle and intersect it with each shape in turn.
Alternatively [Object > Clip > Set Clip] will work for grouped shapes. Maybe this will meet your needs.