We hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to resize an image in Inkscape.When asked if you want to link or embed the image, choose embed and leave the rest of the settings as their default.įor this demonstration I will be using the following image: Import the image you’d like to cut by dragging and dropping it onto your canvas or pressing Control + I to import it.Īlthough this example image was created as a vector illustration, it is indeed a rasterized image, meaning it’s made of pixels and is in PNG or JPG format. If needed, you can also crop the image to remove unwanted areas. You can now edit your design, whether it’s adding some color or editing the nodes. To resize proportionally, hold the Shift button while clicking + dragging in the right bottom corner handle.

When you click + drag one in or out, the design will be adjusted depending on which handle you move. When you click on the object to select, small arrows will appear along the sides and corners. You will notice that, unlike with the Transform Panel, the design was resized to the corner of the document. The H (Height) box was automatically adjusted according to the information in the W box. Next, we typed in our size in the W (Width) box. Then we clicked on the little lock between the W and H boxes to keep the aspect ratio. As we did before, we changed the scale but this time to mm. The toolbar contains various options, one of which contains the Width and Height. The second way to resize an image in Inkscape is to use the top toolbar. We left this un-ticked so the object as a whole was scaled. The option “Apply to each object separately” can be ticked if you want certain objects adjusted. Next, before adjusting Width and Height, make sure Scale Proportionally is ticked. Select Scale then click on the drop down menu next to Width to change the scale to percentage. The panel will open on the right side of the screen. To access this panel you need to go to Object > Transform. The Transform Panel offers options to Move, Scale, Rotate etc under one panel. This will prevent accidentally missing any small items when scaling. In order to scale all the items together, you will need to group the objects in Inkscape. If you are using a SVG, it may open as ungrouped elements.

Inkscape logo tutorial using an image