>> You can do this by adjusting the scaling, but there are no measurements >> to help you -- you just "eyeball it". > > Hi, Greg, > > Sorry for the late reply, other life activities took priority. LOL > > Scaling did what I was looking for, and I got things more or less > centered. <G> > > It would be nice if, in a future version of Scrbus, the ability to > automatically center the newly scaled image vertically and horizontally > in the frame would be convenient. Along with next to each edge of the > frame. > >
Here is something that might help a bit. On the wiki there is a script that will place guides at the borders of a frame or object: https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Making_Guides_at_an_Object%27s_Borders Here is a modification that will create borders inside the borders of a frame, to create a space 80% of the original dimensions. *******begin script******* #!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import scribus if scribus.haveDoc(): try: f = scribus.getSelectedObject() xpos, ypos = scribus.getPosition(f) width, height = scribus.getSize(f) scribus.setHGuides(scribus.getHGuides() + [ypos + 0.1*height, ypos + height - 0.1*height]) scribus.setVGuides(scribus.getVGuides() + [xpos + 0.1*width, xpos + width - 0.1*width]) scribus.setRedraw(1) except: result = scribus.messageBox('Error', 'You must select an object') sys.exit(1) else: result = scribus.messageBox('Error','You need a Document open') *******end script******* In the math there, I am moving the guides from the edges inward, 10%. Since I'm moving from each side, this is a total reduction of 20% of the width and height. Change the decimals to your liking -- if you only wanted a total reduction of 10%, then make each decimal 0.05, for example. It would also be possible to add a valueDialog() so that you could enter a reduction percentage or decimal. The usage in your case would go something like this. Make your original image frame, load an image and adjust frame size (presumably you want a proportional scaling). Now run this script, creating the guides. Adjust the scaling of your image (easy way is to lock the X-Y scaling, then multiply one of the values by 0.8 -- add *0.8 to the spinbox and press Return, it does the math for you and both values change since they're locked). Now adjust the X-Pos and Y-Pos in the Image tab so that your scaled down image fits the guides. What would also work would be to add 10% of the width of the frame to the X-Pos in Image and 10% of the height to Y-Pos in Image. If the guides are annoying afterward, either delete them or uncheck View > Grids and Guides > Show Guides. Greg
