[Scribus] Dilemma: Scribus performance with Vector Graphics in Presentation

[Craig Bradney]

On Wednesday 17 May 2006 01:56, Christoph Sch?fer wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 17. Mai 2006 01:26 schrieb Johannes Graumann:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Naive fishing for ideas:
> > - I'm working on a scientific presentation in scribus 1.3.3.1.
> > - Graphics are being done in Inkscape and therefore nicely available in
> > SVG for direct import.
> > - (Necessary) obsession with detail leads to SVGs with high element
> > content (imagine coordinate systems plotted with R to EPS and imported
> > into/ manipulated by inkscape and alike things).
> > - Tricks like slide by slide picture buildup expand that problem even
> > further (slide 1: part a of a figure, slide 2: parts a and b, ...).
> >
> > This makes the complete document very difficult to handle (slow
> > loading/manipulation) even on a machine with 2gig of ram and dual
> > processor. I have retreated to png export from inkscape (300 dpi), but am
> > underwhelmed with the result after inclusion into my scribus document and
> > export to pdf.
> >
> > Any advice on how others deal with similar issues is highly welcome.
> >
> > Thanks, Joh
>
> Hi Johannes,
>
> Scribus currently has problems with at least some very complex SVG files.
> See: http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=2931.
>
> Try to export as EPS from Inkscape and import the result OR export as high
> resolution PNG (1200 dpi).

I really doubt 1200 is required unless there is an inkscape bug there

Craig
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