[Scribus] EPS integration trouble

[Johannes Graumann]

Thank you, this works. I think however, that this is a suboptimal
solution. Having the "real" eps as a background would make it much
easier to update the poster when I change the drawing. This should be
fixed (whether this is a problem of Inkscapes output routine or Scribus'
import). Is any developer reading this and what might I do to help
tracking this down?

Joh

On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 22:20 +0200, PLinnell wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 May 2005 19:27, Johannes Graumann wrote:
> > I'm using Debian Unstable, which contains scribus 1.2.2cvs.
> >
> > Joh
> >
> > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 19:21 +0200, PLinnell wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 17 May 2005 18:21, Johannes Graumann wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I'm new to scribus and somewhat perplexed by this problem I
> > > > have ... I'm trying to create a poster for a Scientific
> > > > conference (1m x 2m) using scribus. Using inkscape I have
> > > > prepared a background image which is supposed to frame the
> > > > poster. Export to eps and import into my template in scribus
> > > > seem to work fine (looks ok on the screen), but when looking at
> > > > "Print Preview", the eps is present twice: once in the right
> > > > position and once mirrored to that. Another issue is that
> > > > scribus crashed every time I'm trying to export the whole thing
> > > > to pdf ...
> > > >
> > > > I can convert the eps to pdf using epstopdf and then the
> > > > preview works, but I have the impression to loose some of the
> > > > output quality ...
> > > >
> > > > Can anybody help me out with what's going on her?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, Joh
> > >
> > > It works perfectly here with both 1.3.0cvs and 1.2.2cvs (soon to
> > > be 1.2.2 stable)
> > >
> > > If you import this as an image, you are more than likely to crash
> > > as you run out of memory on export.
> > >
> > > Which distro and which version of Scribus ?
> > >
> > > Peter
> 
> 
> When importing as EPS, here is a way which works quickly and in my 
> testing makes for excellent output.
> 
> 1) Close all docs in Scribus.
> 
> 2) File > Import EPS. Scribus will create a custom size page with your 
> EPS content.
> 
> 3) Save file and close.
> 
> 4) Make a new doc with your custom doc size, in this case 2m x 3m
> 
> 5) Make a second layer. (This part is important)
> 
> 6) Switch to the lower background layer. Then use Page > Import Pages 
> and select the recently closed file. It will land in the upper left 
> corner of the new doc, but you can center it easily with the 
> properties palette. 
> 
> Now you can add the rest of the text artwork on the upper layer and 
> not worry about the imported content.
> 
> As a comment, Scribus does have drawing tools as well and is well upto 
> a task like your file in my opinion.
> 
> I've mailed you the files off list.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
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