On Tuesday 02 November 2010 19:13:36 Murray Strome wrote: > On Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8:10 PM "Andy Shissler" > <help at scribus.info> wrote: > > Name: Andy Shissler > Email Address: andrew_l_shissler at yahoo.com > Subject: Scribus & VioVio - PDF settings > Message: > I'm > trying to create a photobook using Scribus and then uploading the > PDF to VioVio. For some reason, VioVio does not like PDF's created > by Scribus. They recommend printing the Scribus document to Adobe > Acrobat and let Adobe create the PDF since it's somehow more > friendly to their printer. When I create the PDF via Scribus > (using the Export feature), the photos in the PDF look great, even > after the downsampling to 300dpi. However, when Adobe creates the > PDF (via Scribus Print command), the colors of the photos are > muted. In other words, the colors looked faded, especially the > greens, which look more brown-ish than green. Does anyone have an > idea what is causing this? Does it have to do with the color > management in Scribus? > > About your Scribus program: > Version: 1.3.3.14 > Prebuilt/Compiled: Prebuilt > Build Date: > Your operating system and CPU: > Type: Windows > Version: WinXP > CPU type: 32bit (Intel/AMD - i386) > > > ------------------ > > I am wondering if you have done anything to reduce the size of your > PDF files before uploading them to VioVio. I am preparing a photo > book for VioVio and while it is not complete, I printed a draft (in > a smaller "booklet" format) at Staples of Office Depot (cannot > remember which) and it turned out great. However, before trying to > print ANY document I create with Scribus, I ALWAYS use the script > "compressnewsletter.pl" which can be found at: > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Web_optimised_PDF >
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