[Scribus] Using tiff's in Scribus

Grzegorz Staniak gstaniak
Fri Jul 27 16:38:40 CEST 2007


> > I'm using Gimp to convert my jpeg photo's into tiff files.
> > Without the LZW compression an average pic is 9mb and with is around 6mb.
> > I was wondering if there are any disadvantages/advantages in not using the
> > compression? Will I run into any pitfalls along the way in terms of
> > Scribus' performance? The book will be about 200 pages long, and include a
> > number of pictures.
> 
> As long as your files aren't progressive JPEGs, you can use them in
> Scribus
> without any hassles, provided the resolution is sufficient.
> 
> Also, I suggest you split up your project into parts. 200 pages in a
> single
> file is currently out of the scope of Scribus capabilities, at least if
> you
> want to work with reasonable speed.

BTW, how do I take care of pagination in such a split project?

> HTH
> Christoph

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Grzegorz Staniak, <gstaniak at wp.pl>





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