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Working with Frames and Objects in Scribus

dai777 — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:35:22 +0000

A Scribus document consists of a series of objects that are added to a page, and contained within a frame. In addition to the usual cut, copy, and paste functions available in most applications, frames in Scribus share a general set of editing attributes and, so far as possible, the same set of properties.

As you can see from the Insert menu, Scribus supports four basic types of frame: text, image, table and drawing primitives. Table frames are collections of individual text frames, which may be edited either as a group or as individual cells, while drawing primitives are sub-divided into shape, polygon, line, Bezier curve, and freehand line. Frames for primitives are added with the content, while the content of other frames must be added separately.

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dai777 — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:24:36 +0000

Apart from text, images are probably the most commonly used objects in Scribus or any other layout application. The basics of working with images in Scribus are mostly straightforward, but there are some methods and resources that you might miss, especially at first.

Like any other object, images in Scribus are placed in frames that are visible when you click an image, and that include six control points to help you move or manipulate the image. For images, the frame is color-coded red, but otherwise image frames work much like any other frame, being movable either by dragging with the mouse — preferably with the grid turned on — or by adjusting its properties by entering exact figures. Just like any frame, image frames can also be locked to prevent editing, moved to another layer, altered in shape, exported to PDF, or copied to the Scrapbook for use with other pages or project.

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Text Frames in Text Frames in Scribus

dai777 — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:15:43 +0000

As a layout program, Scribus puts objects in frames so that they can be manipulated more easily. Images, drawing primitives, tables — if it is content, Scribus puts it in a color-coded frame, with eight handles so that you can position it by dragging it around. But of all its frames, the most important — and probably the most customizable — is the text frame.

Scribus for Comics

dai777 — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:23:19 +0000

Nice way of using the scrap book to make a comic style publication

Aligning Objects

dai777 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:35:20 +0000

Here is a quick video from you-tube on using the alignment tools in Scribus.
You will need to view it full screen to get the best view of it.

PDF photo publishing with Scribus

dai777 — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:47:57 +0000

3 Articles on using Scribus to create A PDF photo album

Article one

Article two

Article three

Background to transparency

dai777 — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:16:42 +0000

Just a little tip on how to convert a .png image with a colored background to a transparent background using the Gimp

Creating PDF Forms With Scribus

dai777 — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:19:13 +0000

Have you ever wanted to create PDF forms in to use in work or business. Here is a tutorial on using Scribus to create PDF forms by
Linux User Magazine

Create Book Covers With Scribus

dai777 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:19:36 +0000

Recently revised and indexed.

Self publishing authors, including those using publishing services companies, seek to reduce costs and increase control by doing their own interior layout and cover layout. Scribus is a desk top publishing program especially well-suited for book cover applications.

Creating Book Covers with Scribus takes the novice through the cover creation process step by step. It is specific to that task. It presumes no prior knowledge of Scribus, Gimp or any of the other tools employed. All are Open Source, free for the download.

A companion web site does the essential but tedious calculations needed to establish the dimensions and guides for use in Scribus or indeed in any program used for laying out covers.

Free of cheerleading, cute language, or extra verbiage, Creating Book Covers with Scribus is a nuts and bolts brief guide which can be read on line, printed for desktop use, or with an ordinary three ring binder used as an “easel book” next to the monitor.

The author, John Culleton, has 40 years of hands-on computer experience.

Scribus Blender Button Window

dai777 — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:52:47 +0000

This video de-constructs the button window text box and it’s layers