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Posted on February 16, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

Clip or extract a raster by row/column number in QGIS or ArcMap?

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How do I clip raster by raster in Qgis?

Click on the Raster menu, mouse-over Extraction, and click on Clipper… Click “Select…” next to the Output file, find your working folder, and name the output raster. Click the radio button next to Mask layer and use the drop-down arrow to select the layer you are masking the raster tool. Click OK.
 

Can you clip a raster in ArcMap?

An existing raster or vector layer can be used as the clip extent. If you are using a feature class as the output extent, you can clip the raster by the minimum bounding rectangle of the feature class or by the polygon geometry of the features.

What is the difference between extract and clip in ArcGIS?

Clip only does a rectangular area (envelope) however extract by mask will extract to an irregular/multipart/doughnut polygon. If you want only the data in an extent use clip, it’s much faster, but if you need to trim to an irregular shape then use extract by mask. Actually, clip can do irregular shapes, too.
 

How do I extract raster in QGIS?

Quote from video: Tools. And we want to go into extraction. We want to do clip raster by mask layer you can also search for it down here in the search bar. Now a couple of important things to note.

Can you clip a raster image?

An existing raster or vector layer can be used as the clip extent. If you are using a feature class as the output extent, you have the option to clip the raster by the minimum bounding rectangle of the feature class or by the polygon geometry of the features.

How do I clip a raster layer?

Quote from video: We want to go clip raster by extent. Now with clip raster by mask layer we can clip it to a polygon we can cover that in a future tutorial.

How do I clip data in Arcmap?

How to clip data frames for Data Driven Pages

  1. Right-click the data frame for which you want clip in the table of contents and click Properties.
  2. Click the Data Frame tab on the Data Frame Properties dialog box.
  3. Click the Clip Options drop-down menu and select Clip to current data driven page extent.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Click OK.


How do you clip in Arcmap?

Clipping a polygon feature

  1. Click the Edit tool. on the Editor toolbar.
  2. Select the feature you want to use to clip.
  3. Click the Editor menu and click Clip.
  4. Type a buffer value.
  5. Click the type of clip operation: whether to discard or maintain the area that intersections.
  6. Click OK to clip the feature.


How do I clip a raster from another raster?

Here are the steps to clip rasters using the Image Analysis toolbar in ArcGIS:

  1. Enable Image Analysis Toolbar. Enable the Image Analysis Toolbar (Windows > Image Analysis).
  2. Select Raster to Clip. In the image analysis toolbar, select the raster that you want to clip.
  3. Select Polygon Boundary to Clip To.
  4. Click Clip Icon.

 

Can you clip a vector by a raster file?

You cannot clip a vector file with a raster file. So you need to convert your raster to polygon first. In ArcGIS, you can use “raster to polygon” from the Conversion toolbox (no need for an extension).
 

How do I combine two rasters?

Open the Mosaic To New Raster tool by navigating to ArcToolbox > Data Management Tools > Raster > Raster Dataset.

  1. Insert the raster files.
  2. Select the output location.
  3. Specify a name and extension for the output.
  4. Specify the pixel type.
  5. Specify the number of bands.

 

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