On Saturday 29 April 2006 16:13, Kite Lau wrote: > ? 2006-04-29?? 07:47 -0700?avox??? > > > David Goodenough wrote: > > > On Saturday 29 April 2006 11:45, Maciej Hanski wrote: > > > ... > > > > > >> Could you place this form somewhere for everybody to see? I would try > > >> to convert this form to PostScript, e.g. on Linux with: > > >> > > >> pdf2ps input.pdf output.ps > > >> > > >> and import the resulting output.ps into Scribus. Then simply put a > > >> second layer on top of it and .. whatever you desire :) > > >> > > >> cheers > > >> Maciej > > > > > > I tried this and it complained that the converting of 1203 images > > > failed. I am using the latest debian scribus-cvs version. > > > > Please don't use pdf2ps (from Ghostscript) to create file for import in > > Scribus. > > This creates a lot of bitmap images for characters and usually fails on > > import. > > > > You might have better results with pdftops (from xpdf or CUPS). If all > > fails, use > > imageframes even if the PDF is rastered. > > > > We have true PDF import on the roadmap but it's not there yet. > > > > /Andreas > > I just tested the 287.pdf file with pdftops, interestingly, the ps file > could not be imported by scribus at all. > > Please try to print the pdf to ps file within acrobat reader. The > generated ps file can be imported to Scribus as what I tested, only one > bitmaps will be missing. I think you can grab the bitmaps using gimp, > and import the bitmaps into scribus afterward. > > Kite
I don't have acrobat, but I do have kpdf. So I dumped it to ps using that and even then it would not import. The Companies House image (the top left hand box) could not be imported, I wonder why? I will use GIMP (which will load the pdf cleanly) to grab the image. It would be nice to do it in one though. I look forward to true PDF import, and given that is causes some problems with that image, I hope that this file will be kept as a test case. David > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
