[scribus] import eps

Gregory Pittman gregp_ky at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 13 18:23:13 CEST 2010


On 04/13/2010 09:59 AM, Paola Meloni wrote:
> I tried importing eps files (created from vectorworks) in Scribus
> If i use "import vectorgrafiks" my Scribus file is getting really heavy
> (from 200Kb to 2 Mb for just an img). Zooming becomes a problem as well
> If i import eps in an img frame the quality in the exported pdf and in the
> print is really lower.
> Any idea?

What may work for you is to export the eps to png from something like 
inkscape, adjusting the size/dpi to your needs. This can produce a 
better quality output than importing to an image frame in Scribus.

For most uses, ending up with a DPI in Scribus >300dpi is unnecessary.

Greg




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