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> Instead GIMP started OK, but no image was > loaded. As I?m working on a file that wasn?t > created by me, I don?t have the original image > file, so I apparently can?t edit the image > within Scribus. > > Michael What is the suffix to the original file that you received? Chances are you can import it into either Scribus or Gimp. You will probably have to edit it as an image, but you can overlay the parts you want to change via a second layer. Both Scribus (of course) and Gimp can export pdf files and Gimp gives you the option of converting as much as possible of this output file into vector format. on my curent poject my worflow is: pdffile-->pdftkburst--> pagefile.pdf--> gimp-->revised.pagefile.pdf--> scribus1.5.0-->finalpagefile.pdf--> insert in book file. As it happens my current book file is a mixture of typeset pages and pages imported from the above process but that is not pertinent to your application. The key is that the file begins life as a pdf file and the intermediate files are also pdf files. I don't expect either Scribus or Gimp to transfer an image to another program. That is the MSWindows (and KDE for that matter) philosophy that every program can pass data to every other program behind the scenes. My philosophy, based on 47 years of using computers is that you have files in one of several standard formats, such as plain text, pdf, jpg, png, svg, sql etc. that at least one program in my possession can import, alter, and then export that file into the same or another standard format. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Book layout, typesetting and Indexing Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html
