Hi Matthew, convert the PDF to a Jpg or tif. Gimp will do that job. Maybe Scribus is able to import PDF-docs, too, but you will get in trouble lateron.
cu daniel Am 08.09.2017 5:29 nachm. schrieb "Matthew Lybanon" <lybanon at earthlink.net>: > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 13:17:02 -0400 > > From: Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> > > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net > > Subject: Re: [scribus] PDF Opening Problem > > Message-ID: <9c168072-976d-c854-2b53-29c7a1b13784 at iglou.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > > > > > > > On 09/07/2017 12:47 PM, Matthew Lybanon wrote: > >> I just installed Scribus and am learning how to use it. When I open a > PDF file in Scribus it displays as a blank page. I?m using a Mac and I > don?t have GhostScript installed. Is this the reason or is the problem > something else? > >> > >> Scribus 1.4.6 > >> Macintosh OS X 10.11.6 > >> > >> I apologize if this question has been asked and answered many times. > >> ___ > >> > > Hi Matthew, > > > > From what you're saying, I want to make sure you understand that > > Scribus works with a screen layout of a document, which then is exported > > to PDF, so you don't open a PDF in Scribus. In 1.4.6, you can load a PDF > > into an image frame, which converts this to a bitmap, and I believe you > > do need the ghostscript libraries for that. > > As of the 1.5.x series, you can import a PDF as a vector file, which > > uses podofo libraries. This loads the vector file, after which you then > > click the mouse to place on a document page. > > > > Greg > > > > If I use File:Open, one of the supported formats is PDF. But the result > is a blank PDF. I tried creating an image frame and importing into that. > I can import an image (JPG, etc.) and it works. But when I choose a PDF > file the result is just the name of the file. Apparently I need the > Ghostscript libraries. > > If, for example, I am producing a newsletter and I want to include a > psoter that I have as a PDF, either I need to solve the above problem or > convert the PDF into some other format. > > In any case, thanks for the information. > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20170908/e4b69f08/attachment.html>
