On Tuesday 26 October 2010 23:10:50 Andy Shissler wrote: > Submitted on 10/27/2010 > Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.5.224] > > Submitted values are: > > Name: Andy Shissler > Email Address: andrew_l_shissler at yahoo.com > Subject: Scribus & VioVio - PDF settings > Message: > I'm trying to create a photobook using Scribus and then uploading > the PDF to VioVio. For some reason, VioVio does not like PDF's > created by Scribus. They recommend printing the Scribus document to > Adobe Acrobat and let Adobe create the PDF since it's somehow more > friendly to their printer. When I create the PDF via Scribus > (using the Export feature), the photos in the PDF look great, even > after the downsampling to 300dpi. However, when Adobe creates the > PDF (via Scribus Print command), the colors of the photos are > muted. In other words, the colors looked faded, especially the > greens, which look more brown-ish than green. Does anyone have an > idea what is causing this? Does it have to do with the color > management in Scribus? > > About your Scribus program: > Version: 1.3.3.14 > Prebuilt/Compiled: Prebuilt > Build Date: > Your operating system and CPU: > Type: Windows > Version: WinXP > CPU type: 32bit (Intel/AMD - i386) > > The results of this submission may be viewed at: > http://www.scribus.net/node/158/submission/580 > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
Sounds like an RGB vs. CMYK problem. If the photos are RGB then you need to change them to CMYK. ImageMagick "convert" will do the job. I think the command is convert infil.jpg -colorspace CMYK outfil.jpg Make sure your internal color palette is CMYK also. -- John Culleton, Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" $5.95 at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html Free eps format barcode: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland/
