Hi David, David Purton schrieb: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 08:24:48AM +0100, Eilert wrote: > >>The other day I exported some pages to PDF. There were 3 photos on the >>pages, and as I wanted them to come out as good as possible, I turned >>the choice to "maximum" quality. >> >>Much to my surprise, the photos became rather pale then, i. e. contrast >>was week, no dark colours (gamma setting?). Choosing a poorer quality >>let the pictures appear right again. >> > > > By poorer quality, perhaps you mean selecting "screen/web" as opposed to > "printer" when creating the PDF? > > Is this the case?
No, I switched it to "Printer". Yes, you're right, it didn't really matter for my work, and I misunderstood its meaning :-) Ok, when trying with a lower quality I might have switched it back to "web/screen", but I don't remember. I'll check that again. > > Thinking the difference between screen/web and printer is in quality > seems to be a common mistake people make. Perhaps Scribus should look at > renaming these options? Seems to be a good idea :-) > > The difference between screen/web and printer, is not in quality, but in > colour model. screen/web will produce an RGB colour based PDF, while > printer will produce a CMYK colour based PDF. Thanks for the tip. Rolf
