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#41
Raster and Vector Graphics / Re: JPEG Export blurry-ish
Last post by a.l.e - December 30, 2025, 04:36:28 PM
The export from Scribus as an image is meant for creating previews, not production ready images.

Your best bet is to export to PDF and then use a different tool for converting each page of the PDF to a PNG.
#42
Beginner Talk / Re: Grid
Last post by a.l.e - December 30, 2025, 04:33:30 PM
If you're a beginner with Scribus, you probably do not need the grid.

You are probably better off with snapping to items or guides... or with a vector drawing tool like Inkscape.

Anyway, in Scribus you can only define the grid for the whole document.
#43
Installation and Setup / Re: Corrupted Copy
Last post by Sheba2 - December 30, 2025, 03:55:27 PM
Tahoe 26.1 and I believe it is ssd. This might sound silly, but how do I rename the preferences for scribus with it running--I do not understand that since I think it has to be open to rename the preferences. Which preferences are you referring to? Thanks for your help--I will not uninstall until hearing back.
#44
Raster and Vector Graphics / JPEG Export blurry-ish
Last post by OccasionalUser - December 30, 2025, 03:52:24 PM
Hi,
I've set up a template with a grid of image boxes, "adapt to frame" checked, "proportional" unchecked (I'm translating on the fly from another language in the GUI so apologies if some things are not 100%) but proportionality is seldom a factor, if not for a pixel or two.

I'm dragging and dropping some image files, either in JPEG or PNG format, of a different - bigger - size (thus some resizing always occurs, but there's more data than needed for the output resolution) and then exporting the whole document as an image in JPEG format, 100% quality.

I've done the same thing in Photoshop, except it's a lot more cumbersome because I have to manually transform and align the pictures.

Now the issue: the output for Photoshop noticeably crispier than Scribus' (the output files are the same dimensions in pixels thus resolution is not a factor, both JPEG max quality, and file size is almost the same - same ballpark anyhow).

I have all previews at High in Scribus, and I also tried exporting as SVG and exporting from Inkscape (same blurry-ish result... I know my problems are with raster images, but wanted to see if e.g. JPEG compression was different).

Quality when previewing the result in the Scribus software at 100% magnification is far higher than the output.

I'm fairly certain it's either a resizing issue (maybe the algorithm is bad for resizing to a lower resolution i.e. bicubic smoother vs bicubic sharper in PS) or an encoding issue (JPEG compression).

Batch-resizing images is unfortunately not an option due to the fact that it would slow down the workflow and require additional space - and I think it would be useless anyway because the preview displays better than the export.

Thoughts? TiA

Edit: tried exporting 400% size then resizing 25% in PS and saving JPG (clunky, I know), baseline optimized, max quality and the blurriness is no longer there... so yeah... either resizing algo or jpg compression "issue".

Edit 2: tried exporting as TIFF and it's still blurry, so I guess I narrowed it down to the resizing algo. Can it be tweaked in the preferences?
#45
Beginner Talk / Grid
Last post by Colin Hughes - December 30, 2025, 03:45:27 PM
I can't seem to be able to change the grid size in an existing page, any help please.
#46
General Discussion / Re: Indexing functionality in ...
Last post by sersha - December 26, 2025, 09:11:37 PM
Wonderful! Looking forward to testing.
If, by any chance, it would be possible to make a more complex indexes, the better. I mean ideas from: https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Notes_toward_having_an_index
While we are on the topic, how did you produce the separate listing of indexed words, like in the picture you gave in the initial announcement, left part of it?
#47
General Discussion / Re: Open multiple documents in...
Last post by cemekepirketou - December 26, 2025, 08:06:25 AM
Quote from: utnik on December 25, 2025, 12:24:06 PMjust check 'use tabs for documents' under 'preferences' → 'user interface' → 'main window'.

utnik

That's it !
Thank you utnik ;)
#48
General Discussion / Re: Indexing functionality in ...
Last post by MrB - December 26, 2025, 12:18:40 AM
I can take a look at some of the suggestions in the new year
#49
General Discussion / Re: Indexing functionality in ...
Last post by sersha - December 25, 2025, 05:23:47 PM
And to really speed the entry would be to already have preset OK in the message box for indexing, so no tabbing would be required, just press Enter.
To sum the way it could work:
Make a shortcut, say "x" for indexing. Mark the word, press "x", and then Enter when the message box appears.
#50
General Discussion / Re: Indexing functionality in ...
Last post by sersha - December 25, 2025, 03:14:09 PM
Quote from: sersha on December 25, 2025, 02:56:12 PMAnd yet another way I found is:
File-Preferences-Keyboard Shortcuts-Insert-Index Entry and then I assigned "x". Together with previous recommendations, it becomes quite manageable then!