On Friday 02 October 2009 07:21:19 a.l.e wrote: > hi CLIVE, > > > The trouble is that using a preferences box is not a natural way for many > > designers to work. It is too detached from the visual decision making > > that designers are comfortable with. You are forcing them to make another > > mapping stage in their thinking. They want to put *that* over there > > (direct), but this makes them estimate how many millipedes it is to move > > *that* over there (indirect). They can do it, but this mapping makes the > > use of the softeware less comfortable, less intuitive. > > all through its history scribus has had a focus on exactitude and > details: the importance given to the properties palette confirms it. > > the support for more visual ways of work has been implemented as soon > performance and features allows it... but ease of use is of a lower > priority than setting correct values. > > peronally i think indeed that it's better to have to go to the PP to > place a line, than being able to freely draw it, see it perfectly placed > on screen, but get it wrong on print (or when the file is reopened)! > > > as far as i can judge, in its current state, scribus fits better the > hard job of filling content into a given template than the creative > development of a new prototype. > but don't worry: it gets better and better also for the creatives among us! > > > > have a nice day > a.l.e > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus For book covers exact dimensions and careful placement is a necessity. For this reason I created a program which calculates the overall dimensions including bleed and the positions of the guides needed for the three panels. I included center guides to make the centering of objects on a panel quick and easy. Here is the program: http://wexfordpress.net/template.html
-- John Culleton "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
