r16010 by christoph - minor doc update: fixed typos and a clarification

Sat Nov 27 06:01:19 CET 2010

Author: christoph
Date: Sat Nov 27 05:01:19 2010
New Revision: 16010

URL: http://scribus.info/websvn/listing.php?repname=Scribus&sc=1&rev=16010
Log:
minor doc update: fixed typos and a clarification 

Modified:
    trunk/Scribus/doc/en/importhints1.html

Modified: trunk/Scribus/doc/en/importhints1.html
URL: http://scribus.info/websvn/diff.php?repname=Scribus&rev=16010&path=/trunk/Scribus/doc/en/importhints1.html
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 <body>
 <h2>Importing EPS</h2>
 <h3>What is EPS?</h3>
-<p>EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) is a subset of the page description language <a href="http://www.tailrecursive.org/postscript/what-is-it.html">PostScript</a>. While PostScript is used to describe the graphical elements of one or more pages in a device-independent manner, an EPS file contains PostScript elements for a single image, and, importantly, must include a so-called Bounding Box, a rectangular which is necessary to describe the dimensions of the image. Like PostScript, an EPS file can contain bitmap images (pixels) vector data and text. Also, most, if not all EPS files are not meant to be edited, since EPS, like PDF, is designed as an exchange format.</p>
+<p>EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) is a subset of the page description language <a href="http://www.tailrecursive.org/postscript/what-is-it.html">PostScript</a>. While PostScript is used to describe the graphical elements of one or more pages in a device-independent manner, an EPS file contains PostScript elements for a single image, and, importantly, must include a so-called Bounding Box, a rectangular which is necessary to describe the dimensions of the image. Like PostScript, an EPS file can contain bitmap images (pixels), vector data and text. Also, most, if not all EPS files are not meant to be edited, since EPS, like PDF, is designed as an exchange format.</p>
 
 <h3>Why EPS?</h3>
-<p>Perhaps the main reason to use EPS is its ubiquity in most professional print workflows. If in doubt, most graphics professional will ask for or send you an EPS file, which is sometimes seen as the lowest common denominator for high-quality graphics files. Also, the EPS format is well-documented, and the specification is <a href="http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/postscript/pdfs/5002.EPSF_Spec.pdf">publicly available</a>. When it comes to vector graphics, EPS (or a successor format like AI or PDF) is unsurpassed in terms of quality. While relatively unimportant with small graphics in a flier, it&rsquo;s safe to say that for large output media like posters, EPS may be the only reliable choice for vector graphics if superior print quality is important. Finally, the EPS format provides some features that are important in professional printing, like font embedding or support for CMYK and spot colors.</p>
+<p>Perhaps the main reason to use EPS is its ubiquity in most professional print workflows. If in doubt, most graphics professionals will ask for or send you an EPS file, which is sometimes seen as the lowest common denominator for high-quality graphics files. Also, the EPS format is well-documented, and the specification is <a href="http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/postscript/pdfs/5002.EPSF_Spec.pdf">publicly available</a>. When it comes to vector graphics, EPS (or a successor format like AI or PDF) is unsurpassed in terms of quality. While relatively unimportant with small graphics in a flier, it&rsquo;s safe to say that for large output media like posters, EPS may be the only reliable choice for vector graphics if superior print quality is important. Finally, the EPS format provides some features that are important in professional printing, like font embedding or support for CMYK and spot colors.</p>
 
 <h3>EPS Import</h3>
 <p> There are two basic methods of importing EPS files, and both have pluses and minuses. For some files you can choose which method suits your needs best, while other files can only be imported one way.</p>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 </ul>
 
 <h4>Importing as a vector drawing</h4>
-<p>Importing EPS like any other <a href="importhints2.html">vector file</a> via <i>File > Import >Get Vector File</i>, if possible, does have some advantages. Since you are working with vector data, file size and exported PDF size are relatively small. It makes them resolution-independent, so they can be re-scaled without losing crispness in printing.</p>
+<p>Importing EPS like any other <a href="importhints2.html">vector file</a> via <i>File > Import >Get Vector File</i>, if possible, does have some advantages. Since you are working with vector data, file size and exported PDF size are relatively small. It makes the exported files resolution-independent, so they can be re-scaled without losing crispness in printing, independent of the size of the output medium.</p>
 <p>One of the major advantages of EPS vector import is that some important publishing features will be preserved, for example CMYK and spot colors in EPS files. Scribus will add these to the color list of your document:</p><br>
 
 <table width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><img src="images/eps-imp5.png" title="Colors imported from an EPS file" alt="Colors imported from an EPS file" /></td></tr></table><br>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 </li>
 <li>A second potential issue is bitmap file incompatibility and is most likely to occur with recent versions of Illustrator. Illustrator is often used alongside Photoshop, and the changes made to Photoshop&rsquo;s PSD format since version 6 haven&rsquo;t been published. Thus, Ghostscript&rsquo;s attempts to read or convert those embedded PSDs may fail, which will trigger a warning in Scribus:
 <br><table width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><img src="images/eps-imp3.png" title="Bitmap conversion failure" alt="Bitmap conversion failure" /></td></tr></table><br></li>
-<li>EPS export quality from other applications can vary widely. Some applications unfortunately like to add their own ingredients to the sauce. The first step for testing a failed import is to open the file in <a href="toolbox6.html">GSview</a>, then press <b>M</b> to watch the messages from Ghostscript while it attempts to open the file. When you have a failure in GSview, the messages can be cryptic sometimes, but they may be a helpful pointer to see what is the problem.</li>
+<li>EPS export quality from other applications can vary widely. Some applications unfortunately like to add their own ingredients to the sauce. The first step for testing a failed import is to open the file in <a href="toolbox6.html">GSview</a>, then press <b>M</b> to watch the messages from Ghostscript while it attempts to open the file. When you have a failure in GSview, the messages can be cryptic sometimes, but they may be a helpful pointer to see what is the problem. The message itself may not be helpful at all to non-developers, but using a search engine like Google can help to find a solution.</li>
 <li>Users saving from Adobe Illustrator 9.0 or later are urged to either export to EPS versions compatible with Illustrator version 7 or less <b>or</b> use Illustrator&rsquo;s native AI format for import into Scribus. Why? Illustrator 9+ actually uses PDF as a native format and embeds quite a bit of Adobe-specific data in an EPS, which can cause issues when importing. Scribus is not alone with this issue.</li>
 </ul>
 <h3>Special EPS files</h3>


