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#81
Showcase / Re: Inside my first book - Cat...
Last post by MrB - December 06, 2025, 09:04:58 PM
That's very impressive! Well done
#82
Showcase / Inside my first book - Catalys...
Last post by IanicM - December 05, 2025, 03:09:04 PM
Hi everyone,
I discovered Scribus earlier this year and ended up spending half the year inside the interface, and I loved every minute of it.

This year, I also took it upon myself to begin the novelization of the story-driven video games I released in the past (between 2016 and 2022). The first one I did was Catalyst.

Dr. Novak, a psychologist assigned to review a series of recorded therapy sessions. What begins as a routine analysis quickly spirals into delusions, betrayal, and madness.

It's on amazon:
See the book on Amazon

Besides the writing and drawing, all the page layout is done directly in Scribus. Here are a few screenshots for anyone who's interested.
There are more screenshots on my website.
My website

All the sketches were drawn in a sketchbook and then digitized. (I also have tons of screenshots of these on my side.)

Following the release of the book, I felt that I wanted to spend more time in that universe (and in Scribus), so I designed a puzzle book that also serves as a tool for psychotherapy in a dark and twisted way.

look inside the book
or check it out on amazon
Dr.Novak's Puzzle Book

If you have any questions or would like to share feedback, please feel free to send it my way.

*I've included a few screenshots of the book pages from inside Scribus in edit mode do you can se more of the work behind.
#83
Beginner Talk / Re: Should I export PNGs with ...
Last post by IanicM - December 05, 2025, 02:15:06 PM
Thanks for your insight.
Now I'm wondering about performance and export. I guess I'll learn as I go.
#84
Raster and Vector Graphics / Re: Importing Scribus generate...
Last post by FrederickYocum - December 04, 2025, 11:52:39 PM
The document looks fine in Scribus, but printing or PDF generation results in the transparent areas turning black eg. not being treated as an alpha channel. Using version 1.6.3.

Quote from: AdmFubar on December 04, 2025, 10:40:39 PMI imported the pdf into an image frame and it imported just fine shadows and all.
I used 1.7.0 for this test. What version are you using? 
#85
MacOS / Re: My two finger scrolling is...
Last post by cafesoftie - December 04, 2025, 10:49:54 PM
It isn't a sensitivity issue tho...

Here's a video of how it operates. This is on an M1 macbook, with Mac os X 15.6.1

https://youtu.be/VKCKYK4LzRw
#86
Raster and Vector Graphics / Re: Importing Scribus generate...
Last post by AdmFubar - December 04, 2025, 10:40:39 PM
Quote from: FrederickYocum on December 04, 2025, 01:57:31 PMIn an effort to create four-up artwork for printing, I generated a PDF from a Scribus document which had drop shadows on a number of the text objects and placed it in a Scribus document. The transparency failed with whatever combination of PDF setting I tried. Is there a way to do this?

In the end, I copied the objects from the Layers in the original Scribus document and pasted them into the four-up one. Cumbersome and not as elegant, it would require any changes to be made four times.

Or is there a better way to do this? Newby question.

TIA
There is a way to do this. I imported the pdf into an image frame and it it imported just fine shadows and all.
I used 1.7.0 for this test. What version are you using? 
#87
MacOS / Re: My two finger scrolling is...
Last post by AdmFubar - December 04, 2025, 10:22:00 PM
Try this; File/Preferences. In the Preferences window User Interface, select the Interactivity tab, and adjust the Wheel Jump value. This might do what you need it to. If not you might  have to make the adjustment in your input settings, at the operating system's level.
#88
Beginner Talk / Re: Should I export PNGs with ...
Last post by AdmFubar - December 04, 2025, 10:16:29 PM
Using scribus for the shadows, gives you the option to remove them easily. While having them as part of the image means having two sets of images available should you want a the images without. and a few more steps to swap them out to revert to shadowless images.
#89
Beginner Talk / Re: Multiline text on a path
Last post by fetimo - December 04, 2025, 06:19:54 PM
Thanks @a.l.e for the tip! I understand why silently cry is the last step... this is a very naive question but what's the challenge in

@AdmFubar the artwork team currently use InDesign, we're trying to find a way to automate the label artwork off of a template so things like translations and certification information for certain markets are catered for without manual intervention. The Scripter API is awesome and I've got a nice proof of concept using that but this multiline, wrapping text stumped me. If it's a faff to do manually it's going to be more faffy in code!

Thanks for the help and support :)
#90
Text and Typography / Re: Scribus wants to subset a ...
Last post by Nermander - December 04, 2025, 05:11:19 PM
It used to be that Scribus embeds fonts that are used in styles, or set as default font for text, even if there is no text in the document that uses the font.

Default font for text frames is often the overlooked issue.