[scribus] SVG Graphics and Scribus.

[Gregory Pittman]

On 12/25/2011 09:31 AM, wena-parry at talktalk.net wrote:
> I am working with a Scribus 1.4 and on a Windows XP computer.
>
> I find that SVG files inserted into a document seems to drain my
> computer’s resources, after re sizing a graphic I have to wait a few
> moments. For example I placed an SVG graphic onto a page and resized it
> to the page I had to wait some 2 minutes before I can go on. The whole
> document is 120 pages.
>
> It seems a shame to convert and SVG graphic to a bitmap when in SVG
> format I can get a much better quality. That is what I fined myself
> doing these days.
>
> Can I make an sla file from such a graphic and then past or import it
> later into place in such a document as I have mentioned above.
>
At least if you import the SVG as a vector graphic, (File > Import > Get 
Vector File) you should have the SVG as an SVG, and can edit it as such.

The problem in your case may relate to the size of your document, with 
Scribus re-doing the entire document's display.

Greg