Chris Smith wrote: >Hello, > >Are there certain methods which consistently provide the best possible photo >quality output from a Scribus page? >For example, should one avoid having Scribus resize the photo on the fly by >using one that actually fits the frame? Will a tiff work better than a jpeg? >Basically most photos I use will be jpegs from a digital camera that get >drastically reduced in size and I'm wondering what are some of the better >ways to handle the process. Also are there certain techniques that work best >for photo reduction for print purposes. > > I use jpeg a lot since that's how I have my camera set up to keep file sizes manageable. What you will want to do is keep them big and let Scribus reduce them internally -- i.e., don't reduce the dpi with an external program. Also, as has been stated, every time you save an image from an image program, jpegs lose quality; on the other hand simply copying and moving the files doesn't. Use Scribus to shrink and select the part of the picture you want. If you need to do some image manipulation, then switch to tiff or crank the quality up on the jpeg, and keep your original file intact -- work with a copy. It might happen, but it would probably be rare when you might truly need tiff as opposed to jpeg -- you would have to be printing with a device or professional print shop that has a really high dpi. Monitor resolutions are nowhere near print quality so unfortunately you can't use the screen to make these judgments.
Greg
