This is my first submission to this mailing list. If it's not appropriate for this list, I apologize in advance.
I help produce an annual catalog at my job. We use all of the usual stupendously expensive desktop publishing applications: Quark Xpress, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc. etc. I would like to find out how much of this can be done with Open Source apps. I have a sample page from our current catalog at: http://www.klikmaker.com/pdf/211TestPage.pdf All photos in this project are CMYK TIFFs with clipping paths, with the occasional EPS vector image. So far, I haven't been able to puzzle out how to make those blocks of copy in my sample, with tabs and rules under each line. I also do not know how to use The GIMP to generate CMYK TIFFs with clipping paths. Basically, I want to be able to do everything on this page with Scribus, The Gimp and Inkscape. If I can do this with Scribus and other Open Source apps, I may be able to advocate a switch here at work. I would appreciate any pointers on how to produce a page like this.
