You can also use any item (frame, group, shape etc.) in your document as a pattern by using the "Send to Patterns" command from either the Context Menu or the Item menu in the Menu Bar. Patterns can be either bitmaps or vectors. in the Menu Bar, where you can load individual files ("Load File") or a directory of files by choosing "Load Set". This can be done with the pattern dialog, which you access from Edit > Patterns. What this means is that you have to tell Scribus what it is supposed to use as a pattern. The first thing to know about using patterns (also known as "tiles") is that you can't use them if you have none.
This button enables adjustment of the first and last color stops with the mouse and also brings up this spinbox dialog for numerical adjustments: Selecting either "Free Linear" and "Free Radial" gradients brings up another button: "Move Vector". Furthermore, changing the opacity of one or more gradient colors does not affect the opacity of text in a text frame.
You can also adjust Shade and Opacity of gradient colors, and each color can have its own settings. You can remove stops by click-dragging them downward out of their starting location - sliding them in other directions will be a hopeless endeavour to get rid of them. When you place your cursor in the space below the gradient adjuster, a + sign appears next to it, and clicking creates a new color stop, which will now be the new active stop. You have at least two stops, but you may add as many additional ones as you like, each of which can have its own properties. Move the position by click-dragging with the mouse or use the "Position" spinbox. The selected stop is the one whose color will be affected by any change you make to color, shade or opacity. You can choose another one by clicking on it. The red arrow indicates the currently selected color stop. GradientsĬlicking on the abovementioned button which shows "Normal" by default produces a drop-down list with the following choices:Ĭhoosing any of these gradients brings up the gradient selector, initially only having 2 color stops, both black, at opposite ends of the selector. In contrast, if you adjust opacity in the Colors tab, you will see that this not only affects the transparency of the fill color, but also the text in a text frame, and the image in an image frame.īelow the opacity setting you also see an ability to select a Blend Mode, a feature whose intricacies will be explained elsewhere. For a text frame, the saturation of the text itself is a separate setting in the Text tab of the Properties Palette. Beyond this simple choice of color, you can then adjust the Shade (the color saturation) and Opacity (the degree of transparency). with no document open.Ĭhoosing colors from the list changes the fill color, which will be obvious for text frames, shapes, or polygons, but may be less apparent for an image frame where an image fills the entire frame. Remember that in order to switch to a different color set you must go to Edit > Colors. Let's first talk about the most intuitive part of using a solid color as a fill for a frame by simply choosing a color from your current color set when "Normal" is chosen from the drop-down list just below the icon buttons for Edit Line Color Properties and Edit Fill Color Properties. Working with Fill: Colors, Gradients and Patterns Fill Colors 1 Working with Fill: Colors, Gradients and Patterns.
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