Good job, Scribus team, excellent work! And !!! ->THANKS<- !!! for the PDF/X-1a export :)
-- Ciao Richard Foley Supporting Naked Activities http://www.naktiv.net On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 07:14:16AM +0200, "Christoph Sch?fer" wrote: > Scribus 1.4.4 Released, Making Significant Inroads Into Newspaper Publishing > ============================================================================ > > The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.4.4, as well > as new partnerships with respect to newspaper publishing. > > Scribus 1.4.4 is mostly a bugfixing release, but it also adds a number of new > features, some of which are relevant for newspaper production. > > It will likely be the last release in the 1.4.x branch, and the Scribus Team > will from now on solely focus on the development of the next major version > 1.6. We expect to make available a first alpha release (version number 1.5.0) > in the course of 2014. > > > > Most Important Changes: > > * PDF/X-1a export. > > * The Barcode plug-in has been updated to reflect the latest changes in the > underlying Barcode Writer in Pure PostScript (BWIPP). > > * The Autoquote script has been rewritten and enhanced. It now provides more > options and adds thin spaces to French texts where appropriate. > > * A script to align images in frames has been added. > > * Full support of the OpenICC Directory Proposal > (http://www.oyranos.org/wiki/index.php?title=OpenIccDirectoryProposal). > > * The handling of transparencies in Photoshop-generated TIFF files has been > improved. > > * Page borders can now act as guides (and thus be used for snapping of items). > > * The CMYK color palette created by the Newspaper Association of America > (NAA) for newspaper advertisements has been integrated into Scribus. > > * A new color palette for professional geographers has been added. > > * Export to various bitmap formats has been re-enabled on Mac OS X. > > * Several issues related to the user interface and canvas display have been > resolved. > > * Adjustments for Windows 8.x. > > * An issue with the spellchecker, resulting in a crash, has been resolved. > > * Documentation and translation updates and improvements. > > For a complete list of changes see: > http://bugs.scribus.net/view_all_bug_page.php?filter=99610 and > http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus-commit. > > > > New Industry Partnerships with SCS and the NAA > > The Scribus Team is honored and proud to proclaim a new partnership with a > leading provider of newspaper systems, namely Software Consulting Services, > LLC (http://www.newspapersystems.com), the co-inventor of QuarkXTensions. SCS > is already offering a plug-in called ScrImLay, which is written in Python and > licensed under the GPL. ScrImLay enables import of Layout-8000 geometry files > into Scribus and offers the same functionalities as the respective plug-ins > for InDesign and QuarkXPress. A comparison between the results in InDesign, > QuarkXPress and Scribus can be found here: http://bit.ly/1cBVcdC. > > Scribus is also being supported for ad building from within SCS's CAS/CDS > (Community Advertising Services/Community Display Services) application. > > SCS will not only promote Scribus and support customers willing to migrate, > but also contribute to the development of Scribus itself. > > With almost 40 years of experience in building trusted newspaper systems, a > credible history of open source contributions since 1991, and a proven track > record with respect to new technologies, SCS is looking forward to create the > next generation of newspaper software in cooperation with the Scribus Team. > > Thanks to the efforts of SCS, Scribus 1.4.4 is being shipped with the latest > version of the CMYK color set created and recommended by the Newspaper > Association of America (NAA) for newspaper printing. This is another "first" > for Scribus, comparable to being the first program to support PDF/X-3, as > Scribus is, at this juncture, the only DTP software that provides the latest > version of the official NAA color set. > > > > Primary Download Locations: > > * Installation packages for Windows, Mac OS X and the source code are > available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.4.4 > * Debian/Ubuntu repository: [[Debian]] and [[Ubuntu]] > * Fedora and CentOS RPMs: > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs > * OpenSUSE, SLED, and SLES RPMs: > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs > * A ZIP archive for OS/2 Warp 4 and eComStation is available under: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.4.4 > * A portable version for Windows is available from > http://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/Scribus%20Portable/ > * Packaging for *BSD, Solaris and OpenIndiana is beyond our influence. We > recommend updating the respective repository data on a regular basis. > * All download options are listed at: http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download > > Download Verification > > * Source: scribus-1.4.4.tar.xz 7bd3b4a7d6e6262126079847c617b3a25ba8ab06 > * Source: scribus-1.4.4.7z 31207a3ce6bd46ad515544fd94c4d43d029b2ae6 > * OS X Leopard or higher, Intel x86 (DMG): scribus-1.4.4.dmg > 2865d3a49b59fa76c2ab7a2c57a11ec8a9d352fe > * OS X Leopard or higher, Intel x86 (PKG): scribus-1.4.4.pkg > c460d40ccc02f639b8abe6a89f9a77c506dd5089 > * Windows 32/64 Bit: scribus-1.4.4-windows.exe > 44dd8c83ce1864fab7ed490622a2862d4cea5025 > * Windows 64 Bit: scribus-1.4.4-windows-x64.exe > 5baf0bfeccccdba25fc904531a1aacd460f77c71 > * Windows Portable: coming soon > * OS/2 and eComStation: coming soon > > > Credits > > The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their > continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites. > > We are grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie > (France) and Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring. > > The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene Colours (New Zealand), dtp > studio Oldenburg (Germany), GiveLife Color System (Spain), Scientific > Illustration Services Corp. (USA), the Newspaper Association of America (USA) > and Software Consulting Services (USA) as Special Supporters and donors of > color palettes and other content since the 1.4.x release, just like we are > grateful to the owner of Vector Portal for the permission to distribute some > of his work as Scribus Templates. > > Porting Scribus to OS/2 and eComStation is being supported by Mensys BV (The > Netherlands) and Serenity Systems (USA). > > Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, > translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release. > > > HTML version of the announcement: http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.4.4_Release > > _______________________________________________ > scribus-dev mailing list > scribus-dev at lists.scribus.net > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus-dev
