On Wed, 2018-02-28 at 16:57 -0500, Gregory Pittman wrote: > On 02/28/2018 01:03 PM, David Burleigh wrote: > > On Wed, 2018-02-28 at 12:44 -0500, Gregory Pittman wrote: > > > On 02/28/2018 11:43 AM, David Burleigh wrote: > > > > I'm trying to use the dropshadow feature to put a white blur > > > > behind > > > > black text so as to make it more readable when superimposed on > > > > an > > > > image that isn't generally light enough to give sufficent > > > > contrast > > > > to > > > > the black text, but also not dark enough to make white text > > > > stand > > > > out. > > > > So I set the offset to 0 in both directions and the blur at .2 > > > > inches. > > > > The effect is almost what I'm looking for, but white blur is > > > > not > > > > white > > > > enough, and I can't find a setting to strengthen it. Is there > > > > a > > > > better > > > > way to accomplish this effect? > > > > > > If you're using a true white, then it's the background image > > > that's > > > the > > > problem. > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > > > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > > > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > > See also: > > > http://wiki.scribus.net > > > http://forums.scribus.net > > > > Well, it's the white from the menu in the dropshadow section. Is > > there > > no way to make the white blur effect more dense? > > In your case, you may want to go with the old "shadowed text" > feature. > You might at least try it out. > > In Text Properties, go to Color and Effects, and after selecting the > text, click the right-most button for Shadowed Text. Click-hold to > change its settings. The color of the shadowed text is the middle > drop-down button for color. > > Greg > > The other thing to try is reduce the drop shadow blur even further. > > Greg > > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
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