Thank you, this works. I think however, that this is a suboptimal solution. Having the "real" eps as a background would make it much easier to update the poster when I change the drawing. This should be fixed (whether this is a problem of Inkscapes output routine or Scribus' import). Is any developer reading this and what might I do to help tracking this down?
Joh On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 22:20 +0200, PLinnell wrote: > On Tuesday 17 May 2005 19:27, Johannes Graumann wrote: > > I'm using Debian Unstable, which contains scribus 1.2.2cvs. > > > > Joh > > > > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 19:21 +0200, PLinnell wrote: > > > On Tuesday 17 May 2005 18:21, Johannes Graumann wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I'm new to scribus and somewhat perplexed by this problem I > > > > have ... I'm trying to create a poster for a Scientific > > > > conference (1m x 2m) using scribus. Using inkscape I have > > > > prepared a background image which is supposed to frame the > > > > poster. Export to eps and import into my template in scribus > > > > seem to work fine (looks ok on the screen), but when looking at > > > > "Print Preview", the eps is present twice: once in the right > > > > position and once mirrored to that. Another issue is that > > > > scribus crashed every time I'm trying to export the whole thing > > > > to pdf ... > > > > > > > > I can convert the eps to pdf using epstopdf and then the > > > > preview works, but I have the impression to loose some of the > > > > output quality ... > > > > > > > > Can anybody help me out with what's going on her? > > > > > > > > Thanks, Joh > > > > > > It works perfectly here with both 1.3.0cvs and 1.2.2cvs (soon to > > > be 1.2.2 stable) > > > > > > If you import this as an image, you are more than likely to crash > > > as you run out of memory on export. > > > > > > Which distro and which version of Scribus ? > > > > > > Peter > > > When importing as EPS, here is a way which works quickly and in my > testing makes for excellent output. > > 1) Close all docs in Scribus. > > 2) File > Import EPS. Scribus will create a custom size page with your > EPS content. > > 3) Save file and close. > > 4) Make a new doc with your custom doc size, in this case 2m x 3m > > 5) Make a second layer. (This part is important) > > 6) Switch to the lower background layer. Then use Page > Import Pages > and select the recently closed file. It will land in the upper left > corner of the new doc, but you can center it easily with the > properties palette. > > Now you can add the rest of the text artwork on the upper layer and > not worry about the imported content. > > As a comment, Scribus does have drawing tools as well and is well upto > a task like your file in my opinion. > > I've mailed you the files off list. > > HTH, > > Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
