Thank you everyone for your suggestions and sorry for not including my system details.
I'm running the latest stable release (1.3.5.1) on a Mac, OSX 10.5.8 with 2x 2.8ghz xeon with 4gb of RAM. The SVG file was created in Inkscape on this machine and it performs well (though not stunningly fast). @Owen I want to avoid using a bitmap image. There is a certain loss of quality between bitmap & vector plus colour management becomes far more of an issue. This is important as I'm trying to create a PDF for printing not display. Thanks for the tip about bugs.scribus.net. I lodge an report and upload a private copy of the file. @a.l.e I like your suggestion. Having SVGs in a frame does seem more logical than the current method of handling them. Having the option to include a snapshot image and only displaying the actual SVG on request also makes sense. @John I tried the PDF / EPS export from Inkscape but the results were less than ideal. Inkscape is a great package but its PDF / EPS export is not as good as Scribus and there are obvious differences between the original SVG and Inkscape's PDF / EPS. I had hoped that by using Inkscape, Scribus and the SVG format I could get best out of both applications. Thank you one and all. Chris Chris Tregenza wrote: > > I'm using Scibus to put together an A2 poster consisting of a map of the > world and accompanying info. > > The graphics are in SVG form (created by Inkscape) and Scribus is being > used to add the text and produce the print ready PDF. > > However, the SVG file is very large (> 2MB) and complicated (it is a > detailed map). > > This causes Scribus to perform extremely slowly and it normally crashes > within a couple of minutes of the SVG being imported. Scribus is > effectively unusable. > > I've tried removing as much from the file as possible including > simplifying the paths. However any further removal will impact on the > map accuracy. > > I'm trying to avoid using PNG or other bitmap images as this impacts on > print quality. > > I have tried encapsulating the map as an PDF or PDS exports from > Inkscape. This works however Inkscape's exports are not as good as > Scribus and colour management and the PDF ultimately created by Scribus > seems lower quality. > > I want to use Scribus to create the PDF to take full advantage of its > press-ready features but I've run into a brick wall. > > Can anyone offer any useful advice to work around for this situation > that allows me to create a top quality, press ready PDF? > > > > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
