[Scribus] Info about using pictures

[Tino Schwarze]

On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 10:12:02AM +0100, rpkemp at ntlworld.com wrote:

> > > I've just started using Scribus and have encountered problems with
> > > inserted photos.  I have photos which are fairly large (~1200 x
> > > ~1600, ~5MB, JPEG), but when I import them into a picture frame
> > > they come up as tiny little images in the top left corner of the
> > > frame.  When I go into properties and tick 'Scale to Frame Size' it
> > > blows the picture up but the pixels are so huge that you cant see
> > > what it is.
> 
> This happens to me too.

The resolution stored in the image is probably bogus. Right-Click on the
image frame, go to "Preview Size" and choose a higher quality.

> > A little more info please:
> >
> > Distro/Platform ?
> 
> I am using PCLinuxOS, although I had the same problem when using Mandriva.
> 
> >
> > Which version of Scribus ?
> 
> Scribus Version 1.3.3.2
> 
> 29 May 2006
> Build ID: C-C-T-F-A
> Using Ghostscript version 8.15.1
> 
> As an example, I have posted a copy of one of the offending image files here:
> 
> http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~rpkemp/AFC_logo.jpg
> 
> Although the image goes all blocky in a Scribus picture frame, it is 
> reproduced correctly when the file is exported to PDF and it prints out OK 
> from Scribus too.

This is expected behaviour - you only get a preview (but you can choose
to see them in full quality).

Bye,

Tino.