[scribus] Image background transparency

[John Culleton]

On Monday 19 July 2010 22:45:28 Kent Garland wrote:
> Thanks John,
> Shall take your advice and hopefully, will solve the issue.
> Cheers from down under.
> Kent
>
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:21 PM, John Culleton 
<john at wexfordpress.com>wrote:
> > On Monday 19 July 2010 22:01:41 Kent Garland wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > I am new to Scribus and wish to insert an image onto 
a
> >
> > page, but make the
> >
> > > image background transparent. The background is
> >
> > uniform and white.
> >
> > > Is there a tool in Scribus to do this or must the image 
be
> >
> > edited in
> >
> > > another program before inserting onto the page??
> > > Cheers,
> > > Kent
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> > The default background layer is white but additional 
layers
> > are transparent. So one approach using the layers 
window
> > would be to add a layer, highlight it in the layer dialog, 
and
> > put your image on that using an image frame.
> >
> > The layers window is listed in the drop down list 
marked
> > "Windows". Alternatively you can hit F6.
> >
> > Using the layers window you can either delete the
> > background layer altogether or  simply disable it from
> > viewing and printing.
> >
> > Playing around with the layer window will reveal many
> > capabilities. You can also look it up in the Scribus 
Manual or
> > the wiki.
> > --
> > John Culleton
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I assumed perhaps wrongly that the problem was the white 
background in Scribus. If the graphic itself already has a 
white background then Gimp is needed first as suggested by 
others. The rest of my advice would still be valid. 
-- 
John Culleton
Wexford Press
"Create Book Covers with Scribus"
Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95
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