[scribus] Imposition

[a.l.e]

hi tom

> I've been working on implementing signature based impositions in my 
> program Laidout. Its signature editor is in the spirit of Celso 
> Junior's Easypose graphical editor, in that you fold right on screen. 
> No fore-edge printing yet, though!
> 
> I hope to have version .091 out in a few weeks, and it should be able 
> to import, reimpose, and export Scribus files without major 
> difficulties (unlike the current version). This can be done 
> graphically, or from the command line if desired, thus it can be used 
> from a script within Scribus. Whether it will actually do this
> without major difficulties, I don't know. That'll require lots of
> testing by people who are not me.
> 
> As an avid do-it-yourselfer, being able to do complicated (or even 
> simple) impositioning at home is essential. Many people want to make 
> little booklets, or mockups of actual books before sending off to a 
> more heavy duty printer.
> 
> You can see a preview of the signature editor here:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrSg5VzWxkM

impressive video!

can we get you to work together with celso junior? :-)

can we have prokoudine to write an article about it?


ciao
a.l.e