Trying to make cool fonts in inkscape, not working..

FloridaGames

Im trying to make some neat custom fonts in inkscape by importing a background, putting my text over it and trying to do a path difference. This doesn't work though because the background isn't on a path and it wont let me convert item to path. Is there another way to do what im trying to do?

shebhnt

Now I have never used Inkscape but here is what I would do in Photoshop. I'm hoping the tools are similiar enough that you can do it too.

1. Use a tool (like the magic wand in Photoshop) in my text layer to select everything outside the text
2. Now click on my background layer and press delete
3. Would now have a "cut out" of the background in the shape of the text