[scribus] PDF Opening Problem

[Gregory Pittman]

On 09/07/2017 12:47 PM, Matthew Lybanon wrote:
> I just installed Scribus and am learning how to use it.  When I open a PDF file in Scribus it displays as a blank page.  I’m using a Mac and I don’t have GhostScript installed.  Is this the reason or is the problem something else?
>
> Scribus 1.4.6
> Macintosh OS X 10.11.6
>
> I apologize if this question has been asked and answered many times.
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Hi Matthew,

 From what you're saying, I want to make sure you understand that 
Scribus works with a screen layout of a document, which then is exported 
to PDF, so you don't open a PDF in Scribus. In 1.4.6, you can load a PDF 
into an image frame, which converts this to a bitmap, and I believe you 
do need the ghostscript libraries for that.
As of the 1.5.x series, you can import a PDF as a vector file, which 
uses podofo libraries. This loads the vector file, after which you then 
click the mouse to place on a document page.

Greg