** Sabi ni JM noong Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:30:35 +0800 > I've worked with PageMaker, and for me allowing a graphic to be distored > when resized is a Good Thing as it gives the designer more freedom. PM
Beg to differ, it results in ugly graphics. If a designer wants to distort the graphic, the place to do it is in a graphic editing program, not a layout program. > can still maintain aspect ratios by holding down shift (IIRC) while But the point is, the default action is distorting the graphic. > resizing. Also, you could insert a graphic directly (sans frame), and PM > will maintain the aspect ratio. > > BTW, most of the graphics design world uses PM (or Quark Xpress), not > Ventura Publisher, AFAIK. Again, I know for a fact that the WS publications (do they have a new name now, Gateway Comms is it?) uses Ventura. Unless the new management has made the mistake of one of its now-defunct competitors. I remember that we derived much comic relief by poking fun at the competition. I have reason to believe that the Phil Daily Inquirer also uses VP, because of a tell-tale bug. Unless the DTP software they're using also happens to have that same bug. I think the Phil STAR also uses VP because I seem to remember seeing the manifestation of that same bug. Anyway, a VP-vs-PM debate is off-topic on this list. It might be on-topic only as it relates to the matter of Scribus and other Freenix DTP packages. Speaking of which, I have a short review of Scribus in my Drafts folder. Didn't know how much interest there would be in it, or if it would be relevant to this list in the first place. Tell ya what, if I get five responses -- *offlist*, please -- I'll send it off. If I get less than five, those will get them anyway, offlist. Mabuhay. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
