[scribus] Drop Shadows

[Gregory Pittman]

On 02/24/2018 07:51 AM, Simon Heimbach wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> 
> You could try a trick. It wouldn't work on complex texts, but for
> titles and headings it could do it.
> 
> Type the desired text in Inkscape, duplicate it and use defocus and save
> a copy as PDF. In the option menu, tick "Outline Fonts" and "Rasterize
> filter effects".
> 
> In Scribus you can then import it via an image frame.
> 
> You might have a problem with transparency and the outlined font. So try
> and experiment. In the worst case you can export an image from inkscape
> and use that.
> 
> I wonder if it's possible to export a pdf from Scribus, import in in
> Inkscape, add the drop shadow and then reimport the pdf in Scribus. I
> might try it the next days.
> 

Before 1.5.x, I used to use Gimp if I wanted soft drop shadows. Getting
1.5.3 is by far a better answer.

Greg