[scribus] Spinning Beach Ball of death

[Gregory Pittman]

On 11/1/18 2:55 PM, Colin Madwolf wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I am working on a magazine which requires drop shadows on all pictures.
> 
> I am on Page 9 of 56 and have been adding images and drop shadows.  Now I have to wait at least 2-3 seconds after each mouse click as the beach ball spins.
> 
> I have tried setting all the images to low resolution previews - to no effect.
> 
> I then thought, well, the drop shadows will be quite intensive on the display, so decided to remove them.  I clicked on one image and removed the drop shadow - onto the next and it will not let me do so.  The drop shadow tick box is greyed out.  Tried selecting other images and the same happens.  Close document, re-open had no effect either.  Copied an image and tried to remove drop shadow - same problem.
> 
> I closed the panes for drop shadow and image and re-opened them - to no effect.
> 
> Anyone have a solution - PLEASE - otherwise Scribus is of no use - I cannot wait for each mouse click to work like this.
> 
> MAC OS High Sierra 10.13.3. IMac retina 5K 27inch. 28GB DDR4.  Radeon Pro 575 4GB
> 
> Scribus 1.54 rev 2284. - even got the beach ball to read that !!!!


Hi Colin,

Maybe try unchecking Image Visible once you finish placing the image and its frame where you want it.

Greg