<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:24px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449213089222_4843">Peter, this absolutely helps. Much appreciated.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449213089222_4859">Scott<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449213089222_4860"><span></span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449213089222_4864" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449213089222_4863" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449213089222_4862" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449213089222_4861" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Peter Linnell <plinnell@scribus.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> scribus@lists.scribus.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 3, 2015 10:04 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [scribus] compatibility concerns<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449213089222_4865" class="y_msg_container"><br>On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 20:30:47 -0500<br clear="none">Gregory Pittman <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gpittman@iglou.com" href="mailto:gpittman@iglou.com">gpittman@iglou.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On 12/03/2015 08:13 PM, Burgess Burgess wrote:<br clear="none">> > Hi Greg -I need to clarify. I've been lead to believe Scribus is<br clear="none">> > very much like the Adobe InDesign page layout program for books and<br clear="none">> > magazines. If I'm wrong, please inform me. When I say does Scirbus<br clear="none">> > "support" Photoshop Elements, I don't mean monetarily, I mean can I<br clear="none">> > take my Photoshop image and "upload" it or "place" it into the page<br clear="none">> > layout of Scribus and save the eventual book as a PDF. If I'm wrong<br clear="none">> > about Scribus being a page layout program (or whatever it's called,<br clear="none">> > subscription, etc.) then I'll know I must move on to the Adobe<br clear="none">> > products. But one man in the Adobe forums suggested Scribus for the<br clear="none">> > fact that he uses Photoshop Elements and Scribus to make his books.<br clear="none">> > Semantics and lack of phone conversations has proven to be a<br clear="none">> > hindrance in getting seemingly simple questions answered. But I'll<br clear="none">> > continue "learning" until I get the definitive answers. <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> There isn't any reason why you shouldn't be able to save from<br clear="none">> Photoshop/Elements in a file format suitable for Scribus.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Greg<br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none">In Elements, ideally you should be able to save as Photoshop 6 PSD.<br clear="none">Scribus has excellent support for that, including working around some<br clear="none">documentation bugs in the spec, which Franz did an amazing job of<br clear="none">figuring out.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">TIFF or EPS also are good formats to export.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Have not used Elements in years, as I am on Linux.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Hope that helps,<br clear="none">Peter <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt6534190096" id="yqtfd15699"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">___<br clear="none">Scribus Mailing List: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.net" href="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.net">scribus@lists.scribus.net</a><br clear="none">Edit your options or unsubscribe:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus" target="_blank">http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus</a><br clear="none">See also:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://wiki.scribus.net/" target="_blank">http://wiki.scribus.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://forums.scribus.net/" target="_blank">http://forums.scribus.net</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div></div></body></html>