[scribus] Image resolution looks poor on high res images

Gregory Pittman gpittman at iglou.com
Fri Jun 6 03:10:41 CEST 2008


Richard wrote:
> Right mouse button on the image and select under preview settings, high 
> resolution or full resolution.
>
>
> El 05/06/2008 01:28 p.m., David Sarnowski escribió:
>   
>> Scribus folks, I need a hand.
>>
>> I am creating a programme for an event that I have.  I am tryign to insert
>> several images.  I have added image frames and placed images in those
>> frames.  The images that I am using are 300 dpi .tiff.  These are very good
>> high resolution images, but when I insert them into the image frame they
>> look really pixelated.
>>
>> Should I save the .tiffs into another format?
>>     
You cannot make the image higher resolution than it is by changing formats.
Look in the Image tab in Properties to see what final DPI your images 
are in Scribus -- hopefully 300 DPI or better. Ultimately, you can 
export to PDF and look at the PDF with Adobe Reader at high mag.

Greg




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