There are said to be some parameters which can be used with -shadow but they are a bit cryptic. Montage original_filename.jpg -geometry 40%x40% -shadow Scribusmanual.jpg Phew!Ĭourtesy of Owen, here is another way to create shadows, using the ImageMagick command montage: What we did here was start with one of the predefined shapes in Scribus, do a screengrab, save as PNG, import to Inkscape, then apply the blur (several times, actually), then save again as a PNG, then go about our process in Scribus, this time using a smiley converted to an image frame in front. Maybe a bit more involved than you might expect. In addition, you might make a group of the image frame and its shadow, then copy and use that group, later ungrouping so that you can load a new image, which will save a lot of time and keep the relationship consistent. When you use transparency, a relatively dark color of your rectangle will allow for more flexibilty in the results.Īs with many tasks in Scribus, you will always want to be reusing these frames by copying.

Now you can import into an image frame and adjust dimensions, adjust the transparency as needed. Instead, export as a bitmap from Inkscape, making a reasonably large file (perhaps 300ppi). It would be convenient if you could save as an SVG and import into Scribus as a vector, but unfortunately Scribus cannot manage the blur feature.

This was accomplished by making the rectangular shape in Inkscape, then applying a Simple Blur to the edge (Filters > ABCs > Simple blur). This may be more what you had in mind in the first place, and you may find it worth the additional work: The more I looked at it, the more bothersome it was to me. If you don't mind that, you might consider trying it out. Unfortunately, this creates a diagonal line which could not be eliminated with various attempts at adjusting positions and settings. This way, you could have one triangle use a vertical gradient, the other use a horizontal gradient, so both exposed edges have a softer look. I would add here that I attempted something a bit more complex – instead of using a rectangle shape, using two triangles, as if the rectangle was divided up into two halves diagonally.

We'll add a vertical gradient and then manipulate the opacity to get something a bit softer:Ĭertainly better. Let's try some manipulation of that rectangle, all still within Scribus.

Simplest offset text in inkscape