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#1
PDF Generation / Re: Preserve original image qu...
Last post by a.l.e - Today at 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.
#2
PDF Generation / Re: Preserve original image qu...
Last post by a.l.e - Today at 07:34:23 AM
In the Pdf export dialog, have you tried to set the compression method to "None"?
#3
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?



#4
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.
#5
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.
#6
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
#7
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.
#8
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

 :)
#9
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.
#10
Installation and Setup / Re: Toolbar icons still tiny (...
Last post by Dynamo - September 24, 2023, 03:40:46 AM
Here's 1.5.8. The only good news is that menu text isn't hugely blurry by default, like with 1.4x branch on Win10. I still disabled Windows scaling to get text perfectly sharp (this did not affect icon size, I experimented with all settings to try and boost this).

The bad news is i'm still having to manually adjust menu fonts to size 12, and the pictures, whilst a tiny bit more legible are still about 30% too small. eye strain central. Have the devel team looked at Canva and Adobe Express? big chunky buttons. Adored by people. No need to change the interface, but think bigger, chunkier, aesthetic. think less teeny tiny rushing to the optometrist with migraines.

For comparison, next to Scribus 1.5x is Firefox stable's latest version. look at those icons in comparison, way more readable, about 30% larger.