Making a dot gradient

This is a script with a couple of loops that will make a dot gradient. Just group the result and resize to suit.




 * 1) !/usr/bin/env python

''' This script just shows the python syntax for loops and works in 1.4.3. Uses;

newDocument createEllipse setLineWidth setFillColor setFillShade saveDocAs '''

from scribus import *

if newDocument(PAPER_A4, (10, 10, 10, 10), LANDSCAPE, 1, UNIT_POINTS, NOFACINGPAGES, FIRSTPAGERIGHT, 1):

spx=20         # x co-ord Start point spy=20         # y co-ord Start point width=4	     # first circle diameter

b="Black"      # add other colors as required b1="Blue" w="White" for j in range(0,4): for i in range(0,30):

c = createEllipse(spx, spy+50, width, width) setLineWidth(0, c)             setFillColor(b1, c)              setFillShade(40 + 2*i,c) spx=spx+20 spy=spy-0.5 width=width + 1 spy=spy+40 width=4 spx=20

saveDocAs("lotsa_circles.sla") #Make sure this is writable