[scribus] color opacity

[Owen]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:34:01 -0400
Richard Chonak <rac at gabrielmass.com> wrote:

> On 04/27/2010 03:46 AM, Owen wrote:
>  > On 4/27/2010 02:30 AM, Richard wrote:
> 
> >> In the text frame properties "Color and Effects" box, there is a
> >> color menu and there is a percentage option.  That appears to
> >> control the shade, but there isn't a second percentage control for
> >> opacity.  Am I looking in the right place?
> >>
> >> (I'm working with scribus 1.3.5 on Mandriva 2010.)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes, have a look at http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/images/cp.png
> 
> 
> Thanks, Owen.  It doesn't seem to have any effect, though.  Here are 
> some additional details:
> 
> The fill color for the frame is set to "None".
> The line color for the frame -- I've set this to "Pink2", with 20% 
> opacity, and redone the text entry, but the text appears with full
> opacity.
> 
> When I run a print preview, the preflight verifier gives a warning
> about the text frame: "Object has transparency".
> 
> The document has one layer, "Background", and all the objects are in
> it. Do I need to create additional layers and use layer opacity to 
> produce the effect desired?  That seems to work.





Hi,

Just try this;

1. Create a text frame
2. Add some text, and highlight the text
3. Select text in the Properties Box
4. Select a color for the text (top item - Colors and Effects)
5. Switch to the Colors Tab of properties
6. Adjust opacity

An example of this procedure (text at 10% opacity) is at
http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/images/tp2.png

I wonder if you are selecting the frame with the text, maybe you are
selecting something else? How did you put the border on the text frame?
Are you selecting that?



Owen