[scribus] Image background transparency

[Kent Garland]

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.
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