| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
paigetheoracle
General User
Joined: 29 May 2012
Posts: 8
Location: Kilmarnock, Scotland
|
 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:29 am Post subject: Transparent background |
 |
|
Is it possible to get a transparent background when printing documents as I'm designing ideas for black T-Shirts at CafePress and it says any background colour will come out, if it isn't see-through? Can I do it with Open Office or do I need to get other software for my Mac OSX?
_________________
Writer of wrongs, stumbler and bumbler through life, living beyond my means (no income, so dependent upon my partner's generosity and waiting for that big break, which at sixty, doesn't look like it's going to come anytime soon). |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
floris_v
Moderator
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Posts: 4600
Location: Netherlands
|
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
OOo isn't really publishing software, that is: it lacks some of the more advanced fine-tuning options for formatting text. You may be better off with something else.
_________________
LibreOffice 3.6.3; OOo 3.4.1 on Windows Vista
Join the Official community forum - in several languages, including Nederlandstalig forum |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
paigetheoracle
General User
Joined: 29 May 2012
Posts: 8
Location: Kilmarnock, Scotland
|
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:45 am Post subject: |
|
|
| floris_v wrote: | | OOo isn't really publishing software, that is: it lacks some of the more advanced fine-tuning options for formatting text. You may be better off with something else. |
It doesn't have to be brilliant for what I want - I'm not brilliant with computers myself. All I want is to be able to publish words on a translucent background, so that they'll be able to go onto black t-shirts (I've designed artwork to go with lighter tees but it's cut outs from magazines or hand drawings as I know I'm not able to create images, using software as I don't have the time or inclination: If I miss out artwork it's no big deal as I'm a wordsmith first and foremost).
_________________
Writer of wrongs, stumbler and bumbler through life, living beyond my means (no income, so dependent upon my partner's generosity and waiting for that big break, which at sixty, doesn't look like it's going to come anytime soon). |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
keme
Moderator
Joined: 30 Aug 2004
Posts: 2732
Location: Egersund, Norway
|
| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
OOo Draw will set a non transparent background for all exported graphics. While it can be made to output with transparent background, it is rather limited, cumbersome and error prone.
The process outlined: Export your graphic as a bitmap (which will have a non-transparent background), insert that graphic back into a Draw document, edit the graphic with eyedropper to alter the white background to transparent, and save it as an image again.
I have used it myself, but I do not recommend that procedure as anything other than an emergency fix.
For your text and graphics, InkScape is probably a better tool. It has very flexible tools for text flow, coloration, and other effects, and supports transparency well. For images and other pixelmaps there is also the GIMP, but I guess that's not what you're after.
Scribus is another tool that may do the job, but that is primarily for paper publications so the use of transparent background is probably not obvious. (Been a while since I used that, so I'm not sure if it is at all possible.) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|
