@inkscape ... But as a prepress professional, I need...

@inkscape ...
But as a prepress professional, I need e.g. “box” editing (crop box, trim box, bleed box), reliable color conversion, downsampling and PDF/X checking.

There are commercial alternatives, even on Linux, like PDF Master Editor and PDF Studio Pro, but they’re lacking in these features.

I do most of my typesetting with #TeX (#ConTeXt) and love GNU LilyPond, I can code in a few languages and use shell scripts a lot. But for cover design or image-centered layouts I use Affinity.

Like 26 Oct 2022 at 8:49 | Wall-to-wall | Open on literatur.social

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Inkscape

@fiee That sounds like you want to give Scribus a try (if you haven't yet).

As for Inkscape, I've (Moini) only recently read those terms in the devel chat channel, so maybe there's hope :)

30 Oct 2022 at 20:29 | Open on mastodon.art

Hraban (fiëé visuëlle)

@inkscape Well, I tried Scribus several times since about 2001(?), and it could never do what I needed. The GUI felt clunky (like Corel Draw end of the 1990s), but the latter was also true for Inkscape until recently. I should try it again on Linux (can’t on my Mac since that has to stay on 10.14).

30 Oct 2022 at 20:38 | Open on literatur.social