On Sunday 12 July 2009 09:22:58 am Tijl Vercaemer wrote: > > Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:21:12 +1000 > > From: Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> > > > > Why don't you open a new document in 1.3.5 rc3 and insert an > > image, then do the colorize operation and see if that works > > Hi Owen, > > I tried that, but that doesn't work either. At least not for .eps > images. I just tried with a png and a jpg and those work fine, > but the "image effects" button is disabled for eps images. It's > not a Suse-only issue, on ubuntu, 1.3.5 rc3 behaves in exactly > the same way. Does anyone know why the image effects are disables > for eps files? Is it a problem I could help fixing? (I haven't > done any scribus development before, but I have some Qt4 > experience) > > Tijl An eps file is a vector file. The Gimp effects work on bitmapped files.
I have two suggestions. Import and manipulate the file in Inkscape, thus maintaining the vector format, or import it into Gimp without going through Scribus, which will convert it to a bitmap. > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus -- John Culleton Create Book Covers with Scribus/e-book $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
