[scribus] pdf import

[Jan Schrewe]

Christian Schulz schrieb am Mittwoch, 3. September 2008:
> I am creating a poster (Din A0) with scribus.
> Most of the content of the poster are imported pdfs (sourcing from
> latex).
> I am struggeling with the fact that the pdf files have only 72x72 dpi,
> which is low.
> When I adapt the imported image to the frame size you can see in the
> scribus editor the poor quality of the resolution.
> Further when I generate the pdf, scribus displays a message with
> yellow bullet that the document contains an imported pdf file. So I am
> wondering for what reason scribus complains about importing a pdf file
> in general.
> Because of the 72x72 dpi?

The PDF does not have a resolution before it gets imported because if it comes 
from Latex it contains only vector information.

AFAIK Scribus rasterizes a pdf when it gets imported. That explains why 
printing a file with al lot of pdf takes long, there are a lot of images in 
it.

If you are worried about the resolution of the final pdf take a look with 
200%-400% magnification in the Adobe Reader. If the image does not look good 
you will propably get problems if you print it. Or create 300 or 600 dpi 
tiffs from your pdf with convert and put them in your document.

Jan