j Mak wrote: >First, I would like to congratulate to the developers >for creating such a great product. 1.3 development >version is already world class. It is more intuitive >and cleaner than Quark. I installed it on my Ubuntu >box and so far, everything has been working. (I have >been using it for three days) Currently, I am >evaluating it from the usability point of view and I >find it more user-friendly than Qark. But I think its >color management could be improved. I got an idea >which is not even my own but taken it from Macromedia >Freehand, which is my favorite vector drawing >application. In Freehand there is separate window for >storing user created colors. When I create a custom >color using either the color picker or modify an >existing color swatch, a small window pops up asking >me what do I want to do with the color, save as RGB, >CMYK or Spot color. I pick the model and the color is >saved. In addition, Freehand's swatch dialog not only >lists custom colors and their names but also their >color schema, either in RGB, CMYK or Spot mode, >depending on the color model the user chooses. For >instance, a green color shows the appropriate icon, >the name of the color and the schema in the form of >C=89%, M=5%, Y=79%, K=12%. The same applies for RGB >and Spot colors. A similar feature could be easily >adopted for Scribus. Just split the color swatch >window horizontally and allocate the lower part for >custom colors. This window could permit drag and drop >functionality allowing users to drag default swatches >from the color set or from the color picker. This >dialog also would let users to save a color as RGB, >CMYK or spot colors. I think these are extremely >useful features and implementing them would make >scribus awesome. > > Hey, what development packages did you install to get it compile cleanly? I haven't tried yet but am about to and that would save me a LOT of time!
Wes >Regards, >jozsefmak > > >______________________________________________________________________ >Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca >_______________________________________________ >Scribus mailing list >Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > >
