[Scribus] text with gradient

[Gregory Pittman]

Helge Hielscher wrote:
> Hello,
>
> at
> http://www.kde-apps.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=9911&file1=9911-1.png&file2=&file3=&name=Scribus
> there is the word Scribus with an horizontal gradient. How has it been
> achieved?
> I've tried to convert the text "Scribus" to outline, but I have
> to ungroup the letters to apply a gradient. What am I missing?
>   
I think you're looking for some variation on what Riku shows in this video:
http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Scribus_Video_Tutorials#Converting_text_to_outlines_and_to_image_frames
using Paste Absolute.

Greg