Don't be offended. I'm a newbee to inkscape and it takes me a while to learn a new program. All of the above comments have helped me. It worked with both the "bezier tool" and "line tool." Thanks again to ALL who had an input.

GOOD JOB!!! That worked. I saved the final pic as a PNG file and now the background is transparent! Now I can finish my logo. THANKS

Sorry ladies and gentleman, but I still can't make it work. I am importing a jpg and then i try to isolate a building in the picture and make all the rest transparent. Can this be done I'm new to inkscape so please be patient. Thanks!

I would like to edit an exiting jpg pic. Thanks for the info about transparent background when creating new pics.

Is it possible for inkscape to make the background of an image transparent?
Thanks, new Inkscape user.