owen, thanks for your help... hmmm, guess i will transfer this one to gimp if the file type presents such a problem at print time...
i am going to look at the photo site you suggested. yes, i tried doing my own digital photo, but don't have the right set anywhere in the house with all light colored, so that it doesent interfere with type copy thanks again mike Message: 8 Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:13:04 +1000 From: Owen <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [scribus] biz card w photo background To: scribus at lists.scribus.info Message-ID: <20080801101304.5b2f060b at owens> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:44:27 -0700 (PDT) mike <wmichaeltrout at yahoo.com> wrote: > guys, here is the card i'm trying to do for my friend in panama (my > first scribus effort!) ... what i want to do is get the measurements > right to print this on 4 x 6 (inch) photo stock (4 up, so cards would > be 2" X 3" each) > > that's what i hope to do, because 4 x 6 will cost me .19 cents each, > as opposed to $1.49 each for 5 x 7 ... ya, i know 5 x 7 is a better > size, but way more money! > > how do i get there from here (step by tedious step)? > > i receive my scribus in once daily digest, so if anyone can help me > please write to my address AND the list, if you don't mind, so that > i'll receive in real time... > > i've posted the card in the imagebin at: > > http://imagebin.org/23408 If you want to print at a photo kiosk, then the output needs to be jpg (or png or tiff perhaps) Scribus can export as png, but its really designed to output pdf Even if you export from Scribus to png, you are then faced with the problem of placing two png images into one image for printing. There are problems here. let's assume you use Gimp for your image manipulation. Firstly, the 19 cent photo kiosk cuts off a bit of the image Secondly, the kiosk printer does not print precisely centered this latter point is a PITA. I suggest you make a test image in Gimp of size 6.1x4.1 inches at 300dpi. An example test image I have used at some kiosks is at; http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/images/testprint.xcf 572713 bytes http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/images/testprint.jpg 75719 bytes http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/images/testprint.png 92741 bytes As for photo sources, search Google, but http://www.everystockphoto.com/ seems it might have something for you. Why not use a digital camera and make your own? After all that rambling, I don't think Scribus is the right tool for your task, try Gimp or Inkscape. -- Owen
