Frank Pieczynski wrote: > Hello, > I have a question about usage of "Opacity" in 'Properties'->'Colors' of a > image: > My goal was a light big background picture on a flyer. So I opened a > image frame, put it to background and set the 'Opacity' to 70%. On top > of that I placed the text frames and other images. > > BUT during PDF export scribus gives me an red error for the background > frame! I decided to ignore the error and the result was as expected > and looks beautiful. What's wrong or what is the right way to do this? > I tried with 'Image effects', but was not able to get the same > results. > The Preflight Verifier is a bit clumsy in that it may be hard to see the difference between warnings and errors. Even if you have done things correctly, it will give you a warning about transparency. I think there is some value in giving you some kind of reminder -- it's at least good to scan the "errors" to see what it's finding.
It can take time to learn all the options in PDF export, and while it may be crude, sometimes a bit obtuse, these messages can help understand something about settings. The worst thing to do would be to shut off all error messages. Greg
