Comments on: The making of Perspective http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/ Seriously who ever reads this description. Tue, 08 May 2012 05:44:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dion Moult http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1404 Dion Moult Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:17:57 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/#comment-1404 p. oh hey was typing my previous message as you posted - thanks! p. oh hey was typing my previous message as you posted – thanks!

]]> By: Dion Moult http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1403 Dion Moult Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:17:25 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/#comment-1403 Honestly I haven't ever tried OO Draw I wouldn't be right to judge it. Inkscape I haven't used extensively but from my brief poking-arounds when I first tried it I decided to use it only for SVG - and to be honest I don't need SVG for magazine design (the logo _should've_ been done in SVG but it was a sufficient resolution to not matter). So with SVG out of the picture (no pun intended) GIMP obviously provides a lot more power and is therefore my tool of choice. Honestly I haven’t ever tried OO Draw I wouldn’t be right to judge it.

Inkscape I haven’t used extensively but from my brief poking-arounds when I first tried it I decided to use it only for SVG – and to be honest I don’t need SVG for magazine design (the logo _should’ve_ been done in SVG but it was a sufficient resolution to not matter). So with SVG out of the picture (no pun intended) GIMP obviously provides a lot more power and is therefore my tool of choice.

]]> By: p. http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1402 p. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:13:35 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/#comment-1402 Hey, saw your picture in the papers today.Congratulations! Hey, saw your picture in the papers today.Congratulations!

]]> By: hari http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1399 hari Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:08:11 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/#comment-1399 What about OO.org Draw? It is a similar page layout vector graphics program which combines a variety of drawing tools with page layout techniques. Also OpenOffice can export directly to PDF. DO you feel that it's a good choice for a DTP program? Also Inkscape is more of a good vector graphics package along the lines of Illustrator, but I bet you can also do a bit of DTP work in Inkscape. What about OO.org Draw? It is a similar page layout vector graphics program which combines a variety of drawing tools with page layout techniques.

Also OpenOffice can export directly to PDF. DO you feel that it’s a good choice for a DTP program?

Also Inkscape is more of a good vector graphics package along the lines of Illustrator, but I bet you can also do a bit of DTP work in Inkscape.

]]> By: Dion Moult http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1387 Dion Moult Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:31:55 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/#comment-1387 I actually _just_ discovered that Scribus had a qt4 port (in kde-testing overlay too!). A quick browse around the developer blog proves that Scribus is still being actively developed but of course still looking for more developers. (The version used to create Perspective was a measly 1.3.3.11) In hindsight it wouldn't be right to mention Scribus and GIMP alone for DTP tools - PoDoFo, an amazing PDF manipulator is vital. Heck, it's the only open-source PDF editor out there. I actually _just_ discovered that Scribus had a qt4 port (in kde-testing overlay too!). A quick browse around the developer blog proves that Scribus is still being actively developed but of course still looking for more developers. (The version used to create Perspective was a measly 1.3.3.11)

In hindsight it wouldn’t be right to mention Scribus and GIMP alone for DTP tools – PoDoFo, an amazing PDF manipulator is vital. Heck, it’s the only open-source PDF editor out there.

]]> By: hari http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1386 hari Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:14:21 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/2009/11/21/the-making-of-perspective/#comment-1386 Excellent tips. Page layout using background image is a much simpler solution than having multiple layers of text and images. It's great that Scribus has improved so much. A few years ago when I tried it, it was unstable and hadn't many features and in short, sucked. Excellent tips.

Page layout using background image is a much simpler solution than having multiple layers of text and images.

It’s great that Scribus has improved so much. A few years ago when I tried it, it was unstable and hadn’t many features and in short, sucked.

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