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#61
User Interface / Re: IndigoUI: Dynamic Icon The...
Last post by tim_occ - March 14, 2023, 12:48:45 AM
Hi Craig, I wrote an email.

@$cribu$ currently it is just an idea that I'm developing in a separate project to demonstrate new features.
#62
Tutorials, Tips and How-Tos / Re: How to remove this inside ...
Last post by PatJr - March 13, 2023, 09:16:29 PM
I got something like that to work.
double in a cell and then drag to select the cell, then you can the properties in the Content Properties (F3)

table tools in Scribus are ... imho clunky.
#63
Tutorials, Tips and How-Tos / How to remove this inside bord...
Last post by franklinvv - March 13, 2023, 07:23:13 PM
Hello,

I need to remove this black border from inside table cell, how to do this?


Thanks for help.
#64
Beginner Talk / Re: Color management: colors o...
Last post by Nermander - March 13, 2023, 05:24:47 PM
The "image effect" do not alter the underlying image, which is what you would need to brighten the images. As the name suggests, the image effects are applied to the image, they do not alter the image.
#65
Layout Issues / Re: 3 fold brochure
Last post by Nermander - March 13, 2023, 05:23:20 PM
What I have read in the past is that most printing houses either have fixed folds (they give you the measurements, you have do adopt your design) or they say you can just describe in an illustration how you want it folded.

The different layouts in Scribus (like "facing pages") are just for how Scribus will display the pages when you work on the document. When exporting, Scribus always exports every individual page by itself. Becuase it it the task of the impositioning software to place the pages on the printed sheets.
#66
Layout Issues / Re: 3 fold brochure
Last post by utnik - March 12, 2023, 11:58:06 PM
Quote from: know473 on March 12, 2023, 05:53:40 PM...The graphic designers there use Adobe software, so I want to avoid discussing the underlying source file.
even then i would ask the print house how they would like the fold marks in the .pdf file. (it could be a hairline in a spot color called 'fold' or something like that...)

utnik
#67
Beginner Talk / Re: Color management: colors o...
Last post by utnik - March 12, 2023, 11:51:21 PM
hi jo

Quote from: J0j0 on March 12, 2023, 02:47:38 PM...help me understand what would be considered `extreme green or blue corners of the rgb space'?
this should be done with ale's post.

Quote...there are a few colours that are neither dark nor red tones (in HTML notation: f6ec3c, 27bcb2, 5eccf2, 45b75c and 83d4f3). If these fall into the `extreme green or blue corners of the rgb space' category, how could I deal with this - would I necessarily require colour proofing or are there alternative approaches?
well, they are not really 'extreme', but when you look at the second color scheme in ale's post, you'll see that they are around the edges of the cmyk space.
if you fear a color issue and don't trust your screen (mine is very roughly calibrated, but it works for my needs...) you should really ask for a proof.

Quote...I would like to avoid significant loss of contrast or colours that do not make sense in context, such as a green sky.
the loss of contrast will be there. the cmyk model of the printer can't handle the same contrast as your screen. but complete color changes shouldn't happen with the colors you listed here.

utnik
#68
Beginner Talk / Re: Color management: colors o...
Last post by a.l.e - March 12, 2023, 06:46:00 PM
hi jo

you might want to have a look at

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_space

and more specifically to



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_space#/media/File:CIE1931xy_gamut_comparison.svg

or



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_space#/media/File:Colorspace.png

(the second one is more what you want, but it's not so nice...)

some colors are not common to all the RGB spaces (the screen colors) and many colors of the RGB spaces cannot be represented in CMYK (the printer colors).

ciao
a.l.e
#69
Layout Issues / 3 fold brochure
Last post by know473 - March 12, 2023, 05:53:40 PM
Hi there,

as a complete newbie to fold brochures I want to create a 3-fold roll brochure to be printed by a professional printhouse. I want to provide them with a pdf file. (The graphic designers there use Adobe software, so I want to avoid discussing the underlying source file.)

I would create a Single Page type of document with 2 pages in Scribus (my version is 1.5.7) and arrange the content in 3 panels per page as depicted in the attachment.

What I do not understand is, how to include "folding marks" of "folding guides" or however it is called (I do not know the right expression) so that the printhouse knows where to fold. I want to control their exact position as the panels may not be equal size etc.

(Maybe I should mention that I also tried the Facing Pages type of document just to see how it works in Scribus, even though there is only the half fold option with 2 panels next to each other. As a result, it exported every panel as a separate page with bleeds. I expected it would export 2 pages with 2 panels per page and bleeds around each pair of panels.)

Many thanks!
#70
Beginner Talk / Re: Color management: colors o...
Last post by J0j0 - March 12, 2023, 02:47:38 PM
Hello utnik,

Thank you so much for your reply, this was very helpful - I somehow did not realise that the colour management is intended to take care of out of gamut colours as well.

Could you please help me understand what would be considered `extreme green or blue corners of the rgb space'? I understand this as meaning that the G- and/or B-value of the RGB exceed a certain threshold (e.g. anything with G- and/or B-values above 240 on a [0,255] scale).

I checked all images in my file: colours out of gamut are indeed mainly dark colours, however, there are a few colours that are neither dark nor red tones (in HTML notation: f6ec3c, 27bcb2, 5eccf2, 45b75c and 83d4f3). If these fall into the `extreme green or blue corners of the rgb space' category, how could I deal with this - would I necessarily require colour proofing or are there alternative approaches?

It is actually hard for me to tell how important color management is for this project - I did not create the images and my screen might not display them exactly as the author intended them, so I do not insist on exact shades. However, I would like to avoid significant loss of contrast or colours that do not make sense in context, such as a green sky. Since I've run into similar colour issues with a print project before, I'm now trying to do better...

Best
- jo