Scribus
Scribus is an
open-source desktop publishing (DTP) program that allows the creation
of page layouts with text, graphics, photos and other visual elements.
Scribus is designed for flexible layout and typesetting, and
the ability to prepare files for professional quality image setting
equipment.
The software lets you design magazines, greeting cards, posters,
company brochures, calendars and newsletters, as well as animated and
interactive PDF presentations and forms. It is also useful for creating
logos and drawings, as well as importing photos with high fidelity
printing and precise color control.
It supports professional features, such as CMYK color, spot
color, separations, ICC color and robust commercial grade PDF and
Postscript.
Scribus 1.4.0
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Price
Free to download
Size
40.2MB
License
GNU GPL v2
Developer
Scribus Team (10 developers supported by the Scribus
community)
Website
www.scribus.net
System Requirements
Qt 4.5.0+,
Python and python-devel libraries 2.3+.
Freetype2 2.1.7+.
libart_lgpl 2.3.10+
libxml2 2.6+.
Ghostscript 8.15+ or 8.56+
Postscript-Fonts. TrueType Fonts.
Littlecms - 1.15+ recommended
libtiff 3.6.0+
libjpeg
Support
Sites:
Scribus
Manual, Blog,
Forums,
Navigating
and Working in Scribus
Selected
Reviews:
IT
Reviews, osnews,
Trusted
Reviews
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Other features include:
- Undo with object specific undo capabilities
- Press-ready PDFs, including PDF 1.4 features such as
transparency.
- Encryption
- Extensive support for CMYK images, including clipping paths
in TIFF and JPEG files, as well as extensive support for native
Photoshop PSD files
- Exportable CMYK separations
- SVG & EPS importing/exporting, PDF importing
- ICC color management through the littlecms Color Management
System to ensure that colors seem on screen match those in print
- Vector drawing tools
- OpenType font support
- Import text from OpenDocument text documents, Word files,
Rich Text (.rtf), and HTML
- Saves to an open file format (XML based) so users are
not tied to the software
- Translated into more than 25 languages
- Python scripting
- PDF 1.5 presentation effect support
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Last Updated Saturday, March 31 2012 @ 11:40 AM EST
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