The way I use to flatten a semi-transparent overlay in a Scribus generated file is to: export to pdf 1.4, load into Acrobat Reader, print to file from Acrobat Reader, and then use the ghostscript script ps2pdf13 to produce a flattened pdf.
I tried saving the same file by printing to file from Scribus but no matter what settings I use the semi-transparent graphic becomes solid. Similarly when I save as eps the transparency becomes solid. I use Scribus 1.3.5 dated 03 November 2008, Build C-C-T-F-C1.4.10 Ghostscript 8.63 on Slackware Linux 12.0 -- John Culleton Precision Typesetting Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com
