Awesome Image Editing Techniques in Inkscape

In this Inkscape tutorial, we'll learn how to remove the background from an image and replace it with a different background, as well as add some awesome effects to make the two images look better together.
corgi image: https://pixabay.com/photos/dog-pet-co... (I used the 854x1280 version)
burning buildings image: https://pixabay.com/photos/armageddon... (I used the 1280x719 version)

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Inkscape is a free and open-source alternative to Adobe Illustrator, and you can download it here:
https://inkscape.org/release/

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:10 Import the images
00:38 Trace around the corgi with BSpline
01:52 Apply masking
02:01 Feather the edges
02:57 Why not use clipping?
03:23 Move corgi onto new background
03:54 Apply colorize filter
04:43 Apply Lightness/Contrast filter
04:59 Sharpen the corgi
05:17 Create shadows
06:56 Clip part of the background
07:23 Use gradient mask to fade in background blur
08:38 Outro
08:43 Course previews