On Friday 02 April 2010 21:09:34 Mike Sleger wrote: > Scribus PDF export just doesn't seem to like large images. My TIF image > is 5100 x 6599 at 600 dpi (96.2 MB) and looks fine, prints fine from > Scribus. Export bombs. Resaving the .tif doesn't fix the problem. BMP > isn't supported, so that format is out. GIF requires indexed color and > this is a true-color image, so that format is out. Changing to PNG > format (12.0 MB) also bombs on export. Just for kicks, tried JPG (14.9 > MB) and export again bombed. Tried XPM format (105 MB and resolution > changed to 72 dpi so PreFlight warns for image resolution less than 144 > dpi) and export still bombed. Conclusion: 1.3.3.14 doesn't handle > images greater than some particular maximum size (unless there's some > trick that I'm not aware of for getting this to work). > > > > Has anybody used a massively large image in Scribus and was able to > export it to PDF? I'm open to suggestion on a file type to use, without > sacrificing image quality. Scribus import recognizes GIF, JPG, PNG, > XPM, and TIFF, none of which have worked. I want to keep the 600 dpi > resolution for print quality. I could always just have page 1 (the > cover) contained in a separate file, like PageMaker or Word and send two > files to the printer. (Acrobat Distiller doesn't have any problems with > the large image.) > > > > From: chappa-ai at msn.com > To: scribus at lists.scribus.info > Subject: RE: [scribus] Scribus PDF Error > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 18:16:00 -0600 > > > > I have identified the problem. > > > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 21:44:01 +0200 > > From: ale.comp_06 at xox.ch > > To: scribus at lists.scribus.info > > Subject: Re: [scribus] Scribus PDF Error > > > > hi mike > > > > i start to wonder why i should help you.... > > Because you're a nice guy who helps new users who are unfamiliar with > the program's history and experiencing unexpected results? :) > > > 3 GB should be indeed be enough. but scribus is really not optimized > > on the side of memory consumption. > > Optimization doesn't matter much to me as long as a job can get done. > Sure, efficient and fast are important, but the bottom line is whether > or not an end objective can be met. > > > please consider that we don't see your monitor nor have any access to > > your files. > > I realize this and I didn't mean to start offending anybody. It can be > very frustrating when a program consistently crashes for an "unknown" > reason when performing a supported function. Please consider that I'm > not new to computers, DTP, or programming, as I've been doing this with > various software and platforms for over 20 years. Therefore, understand > that I have already done the preliminary debugging steps (fonts are > indeed embedded, fonts are not corrupted, images are intact, etc) before > asking for outside assistance from people more familiar with the program > than somebody who's been using it for only a couple days. > > > the next steps would be to check your images (is the resolution of > > your images correct? are there broken images? can scribus read images > > correctly your images?). > > All images display correctly in the Scribus document. The PreFlight > verifier reports "No problems found". Image resolutions are correct. > In fact, when I print the .sla from Scribus directly to my printer it > prints correctly. > > > if you're not using the color management system, you may try to > > convert all images to jpg and see if then it works. > > I don't like to use jpg for "important" images because the pixels > "change" often from the compression algorithms. I've even noticed > discrepancies sometimes with no compression. Therefore, I always use > gif, bmp, or tif when image quality is of concern. The .bmp format > isn't supported by Scribus (according to the Get Image dialog) so I've > been using .tif images created from either PhotoShop or Gimp. > > > > Also, lowercase "L" and uppercase "I" are all > > > generated bold, despite having normal style and display in the .sla > > > file. > > > > this is probably only a display problem and the printed copy will be > > correct. (the problem does not happen any more in the unstable > > versions of scribus) > > This is interesting since the display is fine within Scribus. Acrobat > is displaying l's and I's in bold, and only when a style is applied. > > The problem has been identified as the 8 1/2 x 11 cover image on page 1. > Deleting it has the export working fine (except for the bold l's and > I's, which may be just a screen issue that won't be on paper as you > suggest). I'll need to reconfigure the .tif to get it working. I > appreciate your time in pointing me to the problem. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20100402/06407d >d7/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
The printers I work with always want the cover in a separate file in any case. -- John Culleton "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.scribd.com/doc/24676863/ http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
