avox wrote: > > heathenx-2 wrote: > >> Instead of PDF files as my images, should I be using something else, like >> eps or tiff? I am using 3D >> isometric line art and I want the lines to be as crisp a possible when >> scaling the images up or down >> in an image frame. >> >> > > Currently, Scribus still converts PDFs in imageframes to bitmaps, which show > the described behaviour. > Tiff will not be any better, but you can import eps (and sometimes pdf) via > File->Import natively > into Scribus. Scribus will then create a group of vector objects. > >
Yes, we've had this discussion many a time on the list. The main question is what your options are. If you must use a bitmap (and as Andreas says, from Scribus' point of view a PDF is a bitmap because of how it uses the PDF), use a high ppi. If you can manage an EPS or SVG, all the better. Greg
