[scribus] PLacing images, and making transaprent

[Joseph Hogan]

Hello Owen,


Thanks for the ideas.

I must be honest, a part from resizing an image, I do no tuse GIMP too much.

Might you have a simple explanation to allow me to make the white part 
of the image transparent?

Thanks


Joseph


On 09/17/2018 05:59 PM, Owen wrote:
> If it is a jpg(jpeg) then it will not support transparency.
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> It needs to be a png.
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> Using gimp, you can remove the white with either Color to alpha or "Select by color" and delete the selection.
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> Then save a a png maintaining the transparency.
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> That's the theory, practice may be a bit different.
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>> I have 2 images that I need to place on my document.
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>> I have a banner on top of thepage.
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>> I have a second image that I want to place partially on top of the
>> banner, and it has a lot of white on it.
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>> Is there a way to make the white part of the image 100% transparent.
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