I'm actually not sure what that error message means. If no one else replies who knows, can you tell us what option you had selected? For example, did you choose Page, Drawing, Selection or Custom? If it was Selection, what was selected on the canvas? I guess if nothing was selected, you might get that error, although I don't know for a fact.
It is a good possibility that this would result from trying to export using either "Selection" or "Custom" when NOTHING IS SELECTED and / or NO DEFINED AREA to export has been provided?
Perhaps check to see how those settings are "selected" and then see if you are able to do what you expect. =)
Do you get this error message if you click on 'page' to export? I think Nathan has the explanation, unless we can see a screenshot of the page and export screen.
I imported a photograph, Drew the complex outline of the object and the punches with a Beziere tool, chose Path exclusion to unite them. Then using the normal selector used object > clip > set. It did a lovely job on the image. But now I get error messages when I try export it as a png (saves are just blank). The pixel resolution is LOOOOW, as if Inkscape is only seeing the clip outline, not the photo, and yet I can't get them detatched from each other again. I've googled a lot and cannot find how the background can be removed from a photo and then saved as a png, the first part and the last part are in conflict. Many videos explaining how to clip photos, but not how to get them out of inkscape into a png in one piece. I hope you can help. I've tried a trial on Adobe Illustrator and I really prefer Inkscape now for ease of use.
If you could share the SVG file, we can sort it out.
If you cannot share the SVG file, try selecting the clipping path, rather than the whole image, to do the export. You can find the clipping path by selecting the clipped image, and then switch to the Node tool. Click this button on the Node tool control bar . Then the clipping path will show up as a green line.
I will reply on the other post 'clip photo and export to png' as this seems to have gone off on such a tangent now. The settings on the export menu are stuck at 1 pixel high and 1 pixel wide. I will go into detail there.
This just happened to me and what fixed it was making sure that the width and height as defined in the export field matched what the actual image width and height was.
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I am receiving the following message when I try to export the image: "The chosen area to be exported is invalid." Please help me with this.
Welcome to the forum!
I'm actually not sure what that error message means. If no one else replies who knows, can you tell us what option you had selected? For example, did you choose Page, Drawing, Selection or Custom? If it was Selection, what was selected on the canvas? I guess if nothing was selected, you might get that error, although I don't know for a fact.
It is a good possibility that this would result from trying to export using either "Selection" or "Custom" when NOTHING IS SELECTED and / or NO DEFINED AREA to export has been provided?
Perhaps check to see how those settings are "selected" and then see if you are able to do what you expect. =)
Do you get this error message if you click on 'page' to export? I think Nathan has the explanation, unless we can see a screenshot of the page and export screen.
Set the export area to Page, Drawing or Selection. Your current export area is probably 0x0 pixels, in the Custom tab.
Hi there all,
I'm getting the same message when I clip a photo
I imported a photograph, Drew the complex outline of the object and the punches with a Beziere tool, chose Path exclusion to unite them. Then using the normal selector used object > clip > set. It did a lovely job on the image. But now I get error messages when I try export it as a png (saves are just blank). The pixel resolution is LOOOOW, as if Inkscape is only seeing the clip outline, not the photo, and yet I can't get them detatched from each other again. I've googled a lot and cannot find how the background can be removed from a photo and then saved as a png, the first part and the last part are in conflict. Many videos explaining how to clip photos, but not how to get them out of inkscape into a png in one piece. I hope you can help. I've tried a trial on Adobe Illustrator and I really prefer Inkscape now for ease of use.
Caroline
sorry, posting a new message
If you could share the SVG file, we can sort it out.
If you cannot share the SVG file, try selecting the clipping path, rather than the whole image, to do the export. You can find the clipping path by selecting the clipped image, and then switch to the Node tool. Click this button on the Node tool control bar
. Then the clipping path will show up as a green line.
Thanks Brynn
I will reply on the other post 'clip photo and export to png' as this seems to have gone off on such a tangent now. The settings on the export menu are stuck at 1 pixel high and 1 pixel wide. I will go into detail there.
As we say here... Eish !
This just happened to me and what fixed it was making sure that the width and height as defined in the export field matched what the actual image width and height was.