[scribus] Drop Shadow

[Gregory Pittman]

On 01/16/2012 05:21 AM, Stefan wrote:
> Am 16. Januar 2012 08:54 schrieb Jean Mielot<j.mielot at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I just noticed a missing feature that I use quite frequently in ID -
>> dropshadow.
>> I saw a script that attempts to achieve this, but it doesn't seem to work
>> in 1.4.
>>
>> Anyone know any workarounds for soft dropshadows.
>>
>
> You have to create them manually. Create some pngs in gimp for that.
>
> Another problem with manual drop shadows is the transparency, on my project
> png transparency disappered when exporting to PDF X
>

For transparency you need to export to PDF 1.4+. PDF X is based on 1.3 
as I recall.

Greg