Roger wrote: > So, I am now going to get started with some basic photo and text layout > and then start making a list of question I am unable to answer for myself. > > But my first question is: > Is this do-able for a newbie? Or am I nuts? > > Thanks, > -Mike
Hi Roger, Thanks for the Welcome and specific suggestions. I still have prelim work to do, like getting a handle on master pages, and installing GhostScript. And the page layout is going to be a long process for me as I get caught up in the fiddle factor and end up wasting time and getting frustrated. -Mike > > Hi Mike > Welcome to Scribus. > Short answer, yes it's very doable and not as difficult as you may imagine. > > If it were me, I would make separate cut and paste text files of each > text and each caption and heading that you want on each page ready for > inserting into text frames then put empty text boxes on each page > containing the name of the text file only as a reference. > > Then select each photo or photos for each page and place image box/es > with an outline around each where each image will go, but don't insert > the images yet. > Once the layout is as you envisage it, then paste the text, change the > font, sizes colours etc. > Make headings and captions for the images in separate text boxes. > > You will find the dialogs and menus for text and image boxes in the <F2> > Properties dialog, experiment first for a few moments. > Its not going to take you long to get a handle the way Scribus works. > > With photos, these can be high quality right down to low resolution > jpegs, I would experiment to obtain the lowest quality images that > produce the best printed result. You can scale the images to the correct > size for the image box on the page in either Gimp or photoshop and > reduce the resolution to jpg or for higher quality use png, I have found > that occasionally 150 x 150 resolution produces good images and on > others I use 200 x 200 or 300 x 300 dpi, it depends on the image and the > paper it's printed on. > > Hope this helps > Roger > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > >
