When importing external SVG images the Inkscape offers three options:
- Include SVG image as editable object(s) in the current file
- Embed the SVG file in a image tag (not editable in this document)
- Link the SVG file in a image tag (not editable in this document)
At first, for convenience I imported an SVG images (Image A) into master SVG image B in the third way (Link the SVG file) so that when editing image A, master image B changes accordingly. However, later in the publishing process, I found that I needed to make sure every part in master image B had to be editable, including those parts within image A.
Had I imported image A in the first way above (include SVG image), this would be possible. I had made some transformations to the linked image A within master image B so I didn't want to do it again. Is there a way to transform a linked image (<image xlink:href="XXX.svg" />) to an included image (<svg>...</svg>) with just a few clicks while preserving all the transformations I did to this image?
Right-click on the image and select 'Embed image'. This is going to embed it as an image,
<svg:image ...>, though, not as an svg (I think that would be invalid SVG code, too).For multiple images, use the extension 'Extensions > Images > Embed Images' without any image selected (or with all of them).