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Posted on February 3, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

QGIS: Clip Raster by Mask Layer-permanently remove black edges

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How do I remove black from raster QGIS?

To remove the black border temporarily in QGIS, you can set the “Additional no data value” in Layer properties -> Transparency to 0 (or 000000). If the border is not 100% black you can use the information tool to find out which color you need to set to transparent.
 

Can you clip a raster QGIS?

If you have raster data, you will need to use the Clipper tool. 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.
 

How to set Nodata value in QGIS?

The other useful step is right-click/export. in this step, you can set pixel values to nodata (Tick the nodata option: add a nodata category: leave ‘from’ blank, and set ‘to’ to 0). this does work with values like -3.40282e+38.

How do you clip a mask to a raster layer?

Quote from video: With the bounding box polygon. The dem and the bounding box have the same projection go to the raster menu extraction clip raster by mask layer.

How do I get rid of the black background in raster?

See the latest documentation.

  1. In ArcMap, in the table of contents, right-click the raster layer from which you want to remove the background and click Properties.
  2. Click the Symbology tab and click Unique Values from the Show list.
  3. Click the symbol that represents background (usually with a value of zero).
  4. Click Remove.

How do you dissolve boundaries in QGIS?

Quote from video: So i got the dissolve tool up we're using the mid gorge rast effect layer here would be the option if you wanted to do it only for selected. Features but we're going to do everything.

How do you trim a 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.

 

How do I clip a layer by mask in QGIS?

Clip Raster by mask layer



Double-click the tool and then the following window will appear. On the Input layer, select the raster layer we want to clip. And then on the Mask layer, select the polygon we use to clip the raster. You can also specify the source and target CRS.
 

What is the difference between clip raster by extent and mask layer?

Quote from video:

How do I make a color transparent in QGIS?

Define the transparent color for a single raster layer

  1. Start up QGIS.
  2. In the Layers pane, mouse right click on a raster layer.
  3. In the Transparency pixel list, click the + icon.
  4. In the Red, Green, and Blue fields, enter 0.
  5. Click OK.

How do I make the background transparent in QGIS?

Right click somewhere on the white empty page, click “Page Properties”. In the right sidebar the “Item Properties” tab will be activated, modify the background colour opacity to 0. For each map item then select it, and in the right sidebar simply untick “Background”.
 

How do I remove values from raster?

Click the Raster Cleanup menu on the ArcScan toolbar and click Start Cleanup. Click Erase Selected Cells to erase the cells or Fill Selected Cells to paint over the selected cells with the foreground color.

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