Axel Bojer skrev: > Craig Bradney skrev: >> On Saturday 09 September 2006 01:49, Christoph Sch?fer wrote: >>> Am Samstag, 9. September 2006 00:31 schrieb Axel Bojer: >>>> I am used to tiff, but it seems Scribus cant import them (or am I doing >>>> something wrong?), so I have to use another format. Wich format is >>>> thought to be used then? >>>> >>>> To make an overwiew: >>>> >>>> * Tiff I can not import. But it is tsated it should be possible here: >>>> http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=importhints >>>> But by med (1.3.3.3 on Kubuntu dapper) it just wont show up in the open >>>> dialog, but ?convert xx.tiff xx.png? makes it available. strange though >>>> :-( >>> Hi Axel, >>> >>> do you have libtiff installed? A page layout program that doesn't import >>> TIF files would hardly be useful for professional or even semi-professional >>> work ;) Scribus uses libtiff for TIF import, but you need to have it on >>> your system. >> FWIW, libtiff for TIFF support and lcms for colour management will become >> mandatory when we release 1.3.4. >> >> Craig > > I just checked, and I had libtiff4 installed, liblcms1, libmng1 and > lprof also. I installed now: > liblcms-utils, libtiff-opengl and libtiff-tools > > When I make a new document, make an image frame and then try to import > one of my images, TIFF is not listed in the dialog box where it says > which formats are supported. > Screenshot: http://developer.skulelinux.no/~axelb/shown_formats.png > The tiff-images in the opened directory simply therefore does not show > as an option (they are not displayed. But diplayed are jpg-images and > png-images). No error messages. > > I have not restarted the machine after the installation, but I suppose, > on a Linux machine, that hardly should not matter. I started Scribus > after alle the installations mentioned above was finished, I tried two > times. Png- and JPG-files import just fine. > > Best regards > Axel Bojer
BTW: It seems this import dialog is not very intelligent, it displays (the name of) the file if i rename it to for Instance jpg, but is not preview nor inserted. I will try a restart of the machine, just in case. Best regards Axel Bojer
