[scribus] PDF Opening Problem

[Daniel Herrmann]

Hi Matthew,

convert the PDF to a Jpg or tif. Gimp will do that job. Maybe Scribus is
able to import PDF-docs, too, but you will get in trouble lateron.

cu daniel

Am 08.09.2017 5:29 nachm. schrieb "Matthew Lybanon" <lybanon at earthlink.net>:

> > Message: 2
> > Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 13:17:02 -0400
> > From: Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com>
> > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
> > Subject: Re: [scribus] PDF Opening Problem
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> >
> > 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.
> >> ___
> >>
> > 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
> >
>
> If I use File:Open, one of the supported formats is PDF.  But the result
> is a blank PDF.  I tried creating an image frame and importing into that.
> I can import an image (JPG, etc.) and it works.  But when I choose a PDF
> file the result is just the name of the file.  Apparently I need the
> Ghostscript libraries.
>
> If, for example, I am producing a newsletter and I want to include a
> psoter that I have as a PDF, either I need to solve the above problem or
> convert the PDF into some other format.
>
> In any case, thanks for the information.
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