#Scribus background image software

This brings up the story editor, where you can insert text and choose a paragraph style. When you have done that, right click on the new text frame and click 'edit text' (or press Ctrl+T). Click the 'Text frame' tool (shortcut 'T') and click and drag a box roughly where you want it. The final result is shown in the first photo below. This gives the box softer, rounder corners.

Next I clicked 'Shape' and set 'Round corners' to 0.5 inches. I chose Navy Blue, with 80% shade for my fill, and no stroke colour (so no border). There are two colour types, 'fill' (the little paint bucket icon) and 'stroke' (the pen icon). In properties, click 'Colors', and choose any colour you like. Here you can set the colour and other fun stuff. When you have drawn the rectangle, right click and choose 'Properties'. I made my title box 4.5 inches tall, but you can adjust as necessary later. With this tool, click and drag from the top corner of your page (I chose to go from the corner of the margin guides, to keep my border intact) and drag across to the other side. The keyboard shortcut is just 'S', and so its worth remembering to save you time. Chances are it looks like a square right now. Hover over the tools to see what they are called. To do this:ДЇirst, at the top of the screen just under the menu, click the 'Insert Shape' tool. For my title, I want a big navy blue box across the top, inside which I will put my title and my name, and school. Text goes in text frames, images in image frames, etc. Let's get this party started!ДЇirst thing is first. You've made some text styles, and your document is all set to go. Give your style a name! I chose 'Title' since it is for my title.Д«efore you do anything else, in the menu click 'Page' and select 'Snap to Grid' and 'Snap to Guide' This makes placement of objects on your poster easy and accurate. For the linespaceing, choose fixed linespacing and set the size to be the same as the font size. The great thing about paragraph styles is that if you change your mind about something later, you can change it in the style, and ALL text items using that style will be updated! This is great for changing fonts or colour schemes later on. Since this is for my title, I'll make it font size 85pt for now. For my Title, I am going to use 'Calibri.' Under 'Style' you can choose bold, italic and others. Go to 'Character Style' and choose the font you want for your new style. You'll now have a screen with two tabs, 'Properties' and 'Character Style'. This brings up the 'Style Manager.' Click 'New' then 'Paragraph Style'. First click 'Edit' in the menu, and go to 'Styles'. Once you have figured out your text styles, it's time to put them into Scribus. Same colour as title, again.Д«ody Text: Smaller than the rest, but dark, to go on the light background for main content. Headings: Smaller than title, but big enough to be read from a distance. Scribus has a useful tool called paragraph styles, which I will describe below, but to put them to best use you should plan out the different text styles you will need for your poster. Since my design was simple, I dove right in and got started, but if you are a more creative soul than me, I would recommend drawing up some plans and rough guide measurements on paper now.ДЄt this time you should also start to think about the text on your poster. For mine, I decided to go with 2 columns for content, and a wide header at the top with my title, name, and other important information.

Now you should take some time to determine how you want to layout your poster. When you have done this you are ready to get going! Plan Your Design Here's Where You Start to Get Creative!

I am not sure why the default units don't always carry over to the grid. If you want 1 inch, just type '1 in' and it will automatically change it to '72 pt'. Note: Scribus may convert your units to pt for these grids. If nothing seems to happen, never fear I have found that you must be zoomed in to a certain level before the grid becomes visible.

Click 'View' in the menu at the top, and go down to view grid. So there are several super handy-dandy features of Scribus that you should make use of. I recommend zooming out so you can see your whole paper now (or most of it). Otherwise you can use the GUI buttons at the bottom left of the screen (the magnifying glasses) or type in an exact value (the white text box with the number and % also in the bottom left). If you want to zoom in or out, hold control and scroll with your mouse, or hold control and press '+' or '-' on your keyboard. So you should take few minutes to look around and get to know the controls.

#Scribus background image software

Especially with very technical software like Scribus. When you first get a new piece of software up and running, it can be a bit overwhelming. Get to Know the Controls Explore, You Fearless Explorer!