Thanks John, Shall take your advice and hopefully, will solve the issue. Cheers from down under. Kent
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:21 PM, John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com>wrote: > On Monday 19 July 2010 22:01:41 Kent Garland wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am new to Scribus and wish to insert an image onto a > page, but make the > > image background transparent. The background is > uniform and white. > > Is there a tool in Scribus to do this or must the image be > edited in > > another program before inserting onto the page?? > > Cheers, > > Kent > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > > < > http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20100720/edaa1db3/ > >attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > > scribus mailing list > > scribus at lists.scribus.info > > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > The default background layer is white but additional layers > are transparent. So one approach using the layers window > would be to add a layer, highlight it in the layer dialog, and > put your image on that using an image frame. > > The layers window is listed in the drop down list marked > "Windows". Alternatively you can hit F6. > > Using the layers window you can either delete the > background layer altogether or simply disable it from > viewing and printing. > > Playing around with the layer window will reveal many > capabilities. You can also look it up in the Scribus Manual or > the wiki. > -- > John Culleton > Wexford Press > "Create Book Covers with Scribus" > Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 > http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20100720/ed4b5b88/attachment.htm>
