Greg Hill said the following at 03/05/2007 06:19 PM : > This is an area where I have a little expertise, so I'll make a > suggestion. Before you save your image as a .png file in GIMP, use the > "select by color" tool with about a 20-25% threshold,select the white > area of your photo, invert the selection, then cut to the clipboard. > Next, select "edit > paste as new" and save the resulting image as > a .png (to preserve the transparency). You should then be able to import > directly into Scribus, using the image frame and "get image".The key is > to remove the white from your photo before saving it as a png. > > The 20-25% tolerance I suggest above is only a guideline. You may have > to use more or less, depending on the photo.I don't normally "create" a > layer in Scribus to place the photo. It just sort of happens > automatically. >
The problem with this seems to be (if I followed your directions correctly, which I think I did) that the coloured material in the image seems to be 100% opaque, instead of being washed out to 15% opacity.
