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#21
PDF Generation / Trying to make text invisible ...
Last post by edenoi - September 26, 2023, 08:44:38 PM
I have certain text frames that I'm only using for bookmarking purposes, so I set the text color to none, which makes the text invisible within Scribus. However, when I generate a PDF, all the text is visible. Am I going about this the wrong way?
#22
PDF Generation / Re: Preserve original image qu...
Last post by a.l.e - September 26, 2023, 12:38:16 PM
If you have a somehow modern version of Scribus (the latest released 1.5.x will do), you can check if the image is included as is with Scribus itself:

  • open the Pdf created by Scribus
  • open the context menu for the image
  • in the "Image" section uncheck "Embedded"
  • save the image to disk
  • compare the images

I haven't tried it myself (and feedback is welcome...), but it should work.
#23
PDF Generation / Re: Preserve original image qu...
Last post by a.l.e - September 26, 2023, 07:34:23 AM
In the Pdf export dialog, have you tried to set the compression method to "None"?
#24
PDF Generation / Re: Preserve original image qu...
Last post by AdmFubar - September 25, 2023, 08:44:39 PM
not sure where you are going with this, but will take a stab at it anyway..
From what I can infer from you message, your message, you dont want any compression applied at all to any images? and/or a preferance to use certain compression for some image types, when exporting to a PDF?



#25
PDF Generation / Preserve original image qualit...
Last post by Oblomov - September 25, 2023, 03:49:20 PM
Hello,

is there a way to export to PDF "keeping" images as much as possible? By this I mean using DCT encoding for originally JPEG images, using the original bitstream if possible (no recompression), and LZW or Flate compression for PNG/GIF/TIFF? I can set some of this manually but ideally it should be automatic.
#26
Installation and Setup / Re: Toolbar icons still tiny (...
Last post by a.l.e - September 24, 2023, 03:39:03 PM
hi dynamo

first: on gitlab, there is a "community maintained" CI that creates appimages for linux:

https://gitlab.com/scribus/scribus16

currently, only the future stable branch scribus 1.6 gets compiled.
as soon as 1.6 will be out, i will probably create a new docker image for the main branch (it's not hard, but it takes some time: if somebody wants to contribute to it, all the bits are on gitlab...).

currently, there is no important difference between 1.6 and 1.7, except that 1.7 contains nitram's contributions for a "new UI" (still a work in progress): that's why i'm not really in a hurry.

i'm not sure that it's easy / possible to create images for windows or mac os.
if you know how we could do them, your hints and contributions are very welcome.

finally, we had a discussion on using more modern development tools not so long ago:

https://forums.scribus.net/index.php/topic,4619.msg21609.html

the summary is:

- the two main developers (the team) do not really have an interest to go for it.
- for most other active developers having a community maintained mirror is good enough.
#27
Installation and Setup / Re: Toolbar icons still tiny (...
Last post by PatJr - September 24, 2023, 02:26:11 PM
... adding to the noise, I like the smaller icons, it leaves more room for my document
#28
Raster and Vector Graphics / Re: error with many images
Last post by Nermander - September 24, 2023, 10:16:29 AM
The "unstable" versions of Scribus are usually stable enough for normal use around version 1.x.5-1.x.6.
#29
Raster and Vector Graphics / Re: error with many images
Last post by JL-MZ - September 24, 2023, 09:21:39 AM
Thank you, as I am starting out, I favored the stable version rather than the one in development, but indeed, it works with 1.5.8

I'm running W10, with a Core I5, 8GB of Ram, +300GB free on an SSD, everything in the same directory and everything in jpg.
Thanks for your suggestion

 :)
#30
Installation and Setup / Re: Toolbar icons still tiny (...
Last post by Nermander - September 24, 2023, 07:05:44 AM
Quote from: Dynamo on September 24, 2023, 02:46:21 AMThe newest download version on the website is 1.5.8, and there's no 1.6 or 1.7 available. The Sourceforge repo has a 1.7 branch under a folder with an svn title.

A 1.7 download is needed on the website.

1.7.x is not a released version.