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Linux / DTP Links
The following are links which have information and additional applications to assist you getting good results with Scribus, as well as links to further explore the capabilities of Linux in the DTP world. The external links will not run directly from this help browser, but can be copied and pasted into a browser.
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Color Management
Along with the littlecms libraries, there is a very useful and accurate monitor profiler and scanner profiler which works with littlecms. These are standalone Qt applications, so you will need at least the Qt development libraries, along with littlecms.
http://www.freecolormanagement.com/
This site has an experimental gimp plug-in which can assign RGB device profiles to images. CMYK support is expected to be added to Gimp 2.0. Note when compiling you may need to run: export LDFLAGS="-lmore running ./configure/ This site also has an extensive listing of links to color management.
Color Profiles - Along with the color profiles, Adobe has recently released under very liberal licensing terms for a group of CMYK press icm profiles, which are the defaults used in a number of publication applications. These would be a good beginning default set of press profiles for Scribus if you are planning to send Scribus files (PS or PDF) to a commercial printer. These profiles include US, European and Japanese press defaults.
http://www.efg2.com/Lab/ is where you will find all the background and theoretical information on color, and image manipulation.
This is the of the two really well done short guides to understanding color theory and color management available on the web. http://www.xrite.com/documents/mktg/L11-029.pdf The other is: http://www.inforamp.net/~poynton has an excellent collection of FAQ's and links for color manamgement. His article on explainingf gamma is the reference for PC's.
http://www.levien.com/gimp/gcmm.html is the home page of oe of the major contributors to Gnome graphic libraries as well as being the maintainer of Ghostscript.
http://www.i3a.org/links_color-management.html
http://web.access.net.au/argyll/index.html is the home of icclib V 2.0 - this is a icc color profile library, not necessary for Scribus, but these libraries have been included in the latest 7.0x AFPL and GNU releases of Ghostscript to support CMYK printing and icm profiles in images.
Viewers
Adobe has just released a new version of their Acrobat Reader v. 5.0.6 for Linux and Solaris. (Note 5.0.6 is a bug fix for 5.0.5) Download Links
Xnview is a cross-platform image/viewer/translator/browser for Linux. It has libraries to convert all kinds of obscure and/or cross platform image file formats. It is available for AIX,BE/OS, BSD, Solarisx86,HP-UX,Irix, Linux and Windows. Also included is a command line translator/converter - Nconvert.
PDF Javascript References
http://developer.netscape.com/viewsource/archive/archivelist.html#javascript
Note: This link may move, as Netscape is reorganizing their site. These docs are the javascript references for different versions of Javascript.
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/pdfs/tn/5186AcroJS.pdf
This is the PDF reference for Javascript and PDF in Acrobat and Acrobat Reader.
Fonts
http://www.pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/font_howto/Font-HOWTO/pdf/Font-HOWTO.pdf
is the recently updated Linux fonts howto as a PDF
http://feenix.burgiss.net/ldp/fdu/index.html
is the howto for fixing screen rendering in X - mostly for Web browsing, but good info on X and fonts.
http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/xsoftware.html
Comprehensive site on Fonts and X-Windows.
http://www.cpdrummond.uklinux.net/kfontinst-new/or http://freshmeat.net/projects/kfontinst/
A KDE Control Panel application which as a font Installer and also helps to fix problems with Star Office and other linux applications. Recommended. An updated version is included with KDE 3 in the Control Panel.
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/xutils/
Type 1 utilities which ease the installation of Type 1 fonts. Some distributions include this with base install.
http://www.truetype.demon.co.uk/
Probably the most comprehensive site on True Type Fonts outside of the site at Microsoft or Apple.
Freetype libraries. Freetype is currently at version 2.10, but as of version 2.1.2, there are a number of changes in the base code to prepare for the development of Freetype 2.2 and v. 3.0. Scribus users are recommended to use 2.09.
http://freetype.gimp.org/index.html
If you have TT fonts, this is a cool plug-in for fonts effects in Gimp, which can be used for rotation, shear etc. You will need certain extensions enabled in your X server - like render.
http://ttf2pt1.sourceforge.net/
A True Type to type 1 converter. Also can create .afms, which Scribus uses for font handling. Can be compiled to run on Win32 with the Cygwin tools.
Corel has a nice collection of True Type fonts in .deb packaging. RPM based distros can can install this with Alien
http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ has the tools to download the MS web font collection. These fonts are also very reliable printing fonts if setup properly on your workstation.
http://pfaedit.sourceforge.net/ is an open source font editor
http://www.nbcs.rutgers.edu/~hedrick/typography/index.html
has an excellent set of guidelines for typography and font usage. Helpful for new designers and achieving readable documents.
Hardware for DTP
This web site has a very comprehensive listing of color management related links, as well as a command line scanner calibrator under development.
http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/album.html
This site is an interesting collection of articles and links on Linux and Mac, as well as ideas on using Linux as a DTP server within a Mac environment.
Printing
Should be your first stop for info, drivers and news about everything Linux and printing.
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/
Has the Gimp-Print drivers - excellent reproduction on supported ink jets from the Gimp. We'll vouch for the quality and ability to tune the output, EXACTLY, as you wish. Highly recommended for printing high quality photos within Gimp.
This is the home of the CUPS printing system. Version 1.1.15 has support for CMYK printing.
http://cups.sourceforge.net/xpp/
Is the home page of XPP X Printing Panel. I understand this is included with the base Mandrake install. Recommended.
www.ghostscript.com and http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/ for everything related to Ghostscript.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/5682/postscript.html offers a wealth of info on Postscript and Ghostscript.
Vector Editors
http://sourceforge.net/foundry/vectorgraphics/
Has a complete listing of almost every open source vector related software, as well as specialized libraries which provide vector capabilities.
The home page of Sketch. This is already a very usable program and has tools for handling text on a path, as well as a plug-in API, which can extend its capabilities. Development is currently focused on the port from Python to GTK.
http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/
Sodipodi is a very promising vector editing program done with the GTK tool kit. It also can output SVG and linked on the site is a command line tool to convert Illustrator files.
Graphically Oriented Linux / Unix Sites
Has news and articles on 2d and 3D for Linux, as well as some tutorials.
is an on-line version of Grokking the GIMP. Excellent tutorial on GIMP.
is a superb Linux graphics site with down-loadable PDF's on everything Linux and Graphics (mostly in French)
The Graphics Muse Site, after being dormant for almost 2 years has been revived and has daily news feeds and links to many Linux graphics sites. There also a number of Gimp tutorials as well.
Commercial Linux Programs
www.calderagraphics.com or www.caldera.fr
Caldera Graphics has an image work flow suite for Linux with icc support. You can download a free version of Cameleo Light, which is also included in Caldera's Open Linux.
http://www.vividata.com/pshop.html
Offers a postscript RIP and scanning for Linux. This suite of programs were chosen by Solaris for internal printing
http://www.helios.de/index.html
Offers a number of OPI, PDF and pre-press applications which run on Linux and Solaris.
Offers a complete pre-press work flow application with the primary platform being Linux. Warning this site uses flash only (Grr.)
Offers their Black Magick RIP on Linux, SGI or Solaris platforms
has a shareware scanning package. Available on Mac/Windows and Linux. Well regarded and frequently updated.
Corel Photo Paint Links
http://linux.corel.com/products/pp9/download.htm the download page for Corel Photopaint.
http://www.visionary-voyager.com.au/corel/photopaint/ has some good tutorials on Corel Photo Paint
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