On 05/14/2012 07:42 AM, Johan Vromans wrote: > "Owen"<rcook at pcug.org.au> writes: > >> Would this give any clues? >> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/How_to_fill_a_Scribus_text_with_an_image > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > This approach relies on the shapes to be filled with images. As you can > read in my reply to a.l.e. this is not feasible in my situation. >
Either we're not understanding you, or you're not understanding a.l.e -- his method is the way to go. If you combine shapes, you create something like a doughnut, which in your case will be a doughnut with a puzzle piece shaped hole, which will show any background object through it. So, start with shapes, select both, then Item > Path Tools > Path Operations... Click through the various choices in Operations to get what you want. Then convert your result to an Image frame. Greg
