Fixing Inkscape on Windows Fixing Inkscape on Mac.Want to learn more about how Adobe Illustrator works? Check out my Illustrator Explainer Series - a comprehensive collection of over 100 videos where I go over every tool, feature and function and explain what it is, how it works, and why it's useful. If you’ve checked all 3 of these steps and your objects aren’t visible in Inkscape still then leave a comment below and I’ll see if I can help. If these written instructions aren’t clear enough then I would suggest watching the video at the top of the page. If your object’s opacity is set to 0% like mine is in the screenshot above, simply click and drag to bring the opacity up to 100% and your object should become visible. At the very bottom you’ll see a row for object Opacity (%). Let’s have another look at the Fill & Stroke menu. The final reason why your objects may be invisible in Inkscape is because the opacity of the object is set to 0%.

Reason #3: The Object’s Opacity Is Set To Zero Click and drag it to the right to bring up the visibility, or simply type 255 into the box where it currently reads 0. If that alpha channel is set to 0 then that would explain why your objects aren’t visible. Click on the Fill tab, then click on the HSL tab and have look at the last row that reads A: (shorthand for alpha channel.) If that’s the case then you’ll have to open the Fill & Stroke Menu by pressing control + shift + f on your keyboard. Maybe your screen looks something like this…

If you do have a fill and/or stroke color set and your object still isn’t visible, it could be because the alpha channel of the color has been reduced to zero. Reason #2: The Color’s Alpha Channel Is At Zero Simply click on any color you’d like in the color selector and your object will become visible. If your fill and stroke indicators read “None” for both, then that’s probably why your objects aren’t visible.

My image will not vectorize in inkscape