[389] Introduction to Scribus (1/28)
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Hello - your Scribus Tutorial series by Dai has been a tremendous help to me, but I have a problem. Having put page numbers successfully on all the pages of a 48-page booklet, most of them are now covered up because I have put coloured overlays etc. on many of the pages. What can I do about this please? Is there a way of getting the page numbers to show through the coloured backgrounds?
Also is there a forum I could join in which I can ask this kind of question and/or find answers about producing a magazine in Scribus?
Hoping desperately to hear from you.
Thank you!
Good intro!
Well done Dai. Nice easy introduction to the tool.
Really a good inroduction to Scribus. I hope the rest of your video tutorial will be just as excellent.
great intro... on to the next session!
Well done! It is refreshing to have someone take the trouble to provide video instruction.
Excellent explanation of how Scribus works, thank you.
Great intro, Thanks a million!!!
Have previously used Pagemaker, but this looks just as good with the helpful tutorials.
first lesson on Scribus, first impression, great, gives me the impression that I will succeed in using this software.
thank you
Just what I needed. Many thanks.
Dai, thank you for the free and detailed lessons. Very helpful so far!
Good pace, mentions the important things and I feel able to start using scribus
Does the trick!
Thank you for your video on Scribus. Just watched the first one and thought it was very good. I will, no doubt, be watching the others. Its very nice of you to put on a video helping others. It has certianly helped me.
Mo.
Thanks, great tutorial!! I have written, and am just beginning to create a children's book from scratch for publishing myself. I am hoping that this program will help me do that. Thank you again!! Lyn
Good Introduction, I find the speed slow, could move quicker.
OK
thnks for your work it´s a great help for me i saw just the first video but will continue through your lessons,.. all the best
I appreciate the instruction; but the beginning was very slow compared to the ending which glossed over the box, text, and image manipulation almost wordlessly! It was the latter half of the tutorial that showed--but did not adequately explain--the real work of the lesson.
Hi Dai!
Great work. I have just seen the first scribus tutorial yet, but it makes me want to watch the others, too. I'll give you some more feedback, when I've seen the other one's.
btw: the videos are linked from the german wikipedia, so it has been a natural choice for me.
Greetings
Mark
mark.hildebrandt@online.de
Thanks, this really made it easier for me to learn and use Scribus instead of more commercial (and expensive) programs!
Thanks Dai, that was a superb overview!
Cheers.
Hi!
I found your videos to be extremely useful. But I really miss some ho to do's on the advanced aspects of scribus.
Go on please !
thank you for taking your valuable time to do this for newbies such as myself. You make it easy to understand and are a good teacher. I have never had any formal training in anything like this and you make it seem so easy.
The first time through I just enjoyed listening to your voice and enjoying the sensation it produced, like someone softly brushing my hair. I'm Australian and can't identify your accent. Is it Scottish or Geordie? (You could make a fortune recording relaxation CDs.)
The second time through I found your explanation helpful and I'm now eager to download Scribus and play with it.
Sue
good job but speed it up a bit. It drags a little.
pretty good. It's easy to understand
Thank you. I have been trying to figure this out for a while. I am glad to find Show Me Do and I am thankful for your video. While I believe in open source, I find it difficult to work with. I still have not figured out how to open or install programs in Linux. But I am learning and working on it. Thank you again. KC
Thank you - very good help. If you want look at my website www.paraculture.org. I believe I need the tutorials you provide to publish a book called PARACULTURE. Since I am 75 years old I do not have much time to leave my input to the world.
Have a good life>
Signed ERS
Thanks,very helpful.
Good pace, relaxed style, good for beginners
Good pace, relaxed style, good for beginners
I really appreciate the time you have taken to help us learn the program from the ground up. I am used to Pagemaker and am hoping to find something to replace it.
For someone like me who knows NOTHING of computers, your lesson was really clear and simple, thanks!
Just great for a beginner like me!
It's already fantastic that a free program exists for publishing, but this tutorial is a perfect match to start understanding.
Thanks a lot!
GoodJob
Hello! For some time I've been trying to understand how to use Scribus - the written tutorials I found very confusing. On youtube I found a few tutorials that helped a bit; I got an Idea how to use it. But this series of 28 videos is truly helpful. Everything I need to know is right here. Your voice and attitude are pleasant to listen to, also. Today I downloaded them all but didn't comment on them as I wasn't signed up. So I just want to say Thank You. I will be using them.. Cheers : D..
Great video series. Not related, but awesome voice too. Great to listen to.
I purchased Scribus: The Official Manual, and this video is an excellent supplement to the manual. The video is a great overview, and now I'll go back to the manual and feel more comfortable using it.
Thank you.
Bravo!! On to the next vid. A million thanks!
When back second time to Lesson 1 and switched back and forth between lesson and a new Scribus practice page. Good learning. Thanks.
Thank you, David. You saved me hours and hours of learning time.
great videos
your videos are very clear unlike those in the youtube
good video..n audio
I saw the first video. It was very helpful. Thanks.
Thank you for doing this, it's very helpful. I came across the video from a link in Full Circle magazine. I started doing the tutorials from there. One thing I think would be really useful was if you could produce a pdf (or other document format) of all he lessons featured in full circle, as this would make it really handy for finding forgotten bits here and there. As it is one has to go through all the past issues of full circle to find the bit one is looking for. But otherwise, well done and do continue, please.
Sarah
Excellent. Thank you :)
Loved it!!
How about an introduction? Besides inserting images in a text, what else is this program good for? Lets say, I want to make a book... where do I start from?
Thanks anyway... your work is very helpful!!
Very helpful for the novice! Thanks.
A good basic intro video.
These are great. Thanks for putting the effort in. They are saving me a tonne of time figuring out Scribus myself. Much appreciated! The pacing is excellent, video and sound quality is fine. The progression seems to be well paced and logical. Thanks again!
I enjoyed your video tutorial! Thanks!
Good job!
so far so good, waiting to get through 2nd tutorial
thank you! great, I can use immediately the program.
I thank you so much, I'm learning scribus from your lessons. Your tutorials are very informativ and easy to follow. Great!
Not bad, but I hear a lot noise.
excellente!
thanks
Nice, useful as a starter
Thank you.
Thanks for the video introduction, looking forward to the other scribus tutorials!
You were highly recommended and rightly so
thank you
Thanks
Thanks
Thanks, I'm glad to have a way to learn something about scribus.
Thanks Dai,
very good tutorial
Krys
Thanks
This was very helpful for a beginner. I wish you had shown more slowly how to select a picture and size it to fit. Also, some help in placing text that I write for the space.
Thanks
Wayne Evans
Very nice, very helpful!
Superduper! Okeydok!
Looks like a well-structured cours
Thank you Dai, this helpd make Scribus make a lot more sense!
Nice. Very good for start up.
Just trying to learn something about Scribus
Im just starting out and thanks to your your enjoyable rendition of what I would normaly find a bit out of my depth .I have enjoyed and understood part 1 I am looking forward to learning more under your gentle guidence thanks rsw NZ
Hello Dai,
Thank you very much for your tutorial introduction to Scribus. Its realy nice to hearing a voice and have time vith some body on the net. Your tutorial gives me the taste to keep on with this taught sorftware.
I hope you are doing well.
I wish you all the best
Thanks,
Gilles - France
Thank you. Your tutorials are a God-send. I was, just yesterday, bemoaning my difficulty getting a start in Scribus and now today I know that I will be able to use it effectively. I can't wait to watch more of your tutorials.
Thanks for your efforts!
cheers Kai
tx it as excellent i will watch the other one
Thank you so much. The right programm and the right teacher.
Very comprehensive; a little quicker would do no harm.
I find such videos good. Easy to consume and gives hints one might not find by themselves so quickly.
I've just downloaded Scribus for Mac and followed your instructions from a Wiki link. Excellent video. Good knowledge and I've started to use Scribus already thanks to you! Thank you!
good intro. I would have liked to see more of what is on the menu bar and what the icons do
good job, probably better to read a little before watching but good intro. Thanks
Hi, super Tutrial! Thanks!!!
Very helpful!
Very helpful!
Hi thanks
This was useful - I need to learn to use this program quickly and the idea of finding my way round help files was daunting. I've never used a publishing programme before and this was a great way in
Liz
Thanks for doing these! I plan on downloading Scribus tonight and an really excited about learning to use it with these videos!
Cheers,
Austin
Thanks for doing these! I plan on downloading Scribus tonight and an really excited about learning to use it with these videos!
Cheers,
Austin
Scribus is helpfull
very helpful...thanks
good introduction
Thanks, the Scribus tutorial was very helpful - now I know what at least some of those windows are used for. And best of all, I learned how to find the right dialog box to do each task.
I've been using Scribus for a couple of years, for just the quick and dirty formatting. I've learned an amazing amount of information just from video one. So far I'm very thankful and impressed. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for this video on scribus. I am currently learning scribus and even thinking of writing a book on it since i think it is a brilliant program. Apart from the low volume I have no complain.
If the remaining tutorials are as good as this one I don't think I'll be using Publisher anymore. Thank you so much.
I have been commissioned to do a menu layout for a restaurant. So I need to get skilled in a desktop publishing suite fast. Because of the way I tend to learn I find your series excellent. Thanks for the hard work.
I like that you make emphasis in the fact that scribus is multiplatform
Be good to go one step back, and describe how to install the programme. Especially the Ghostscript stuff, please!
Thank you very much Dai for your beautiful lessons they have helped me very much. Thank for your effort and for your time.
Brilliant! Simple easy to follow instructions in a warm friendly voice. Great tutorial.
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Thank you sooooooooo much. These videos are excellent. I am a Quark fanatic but the prices are just ridiculous. So thank you for this. Your hard work is greatly appreciated. I will be sending folk this way. (Atlanta, Georgia)
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Oh, My God!!! I am a newbie. I have built a web store and I am now venturing into a catalog and just recieved my scribus program. I was bewildered looking at the directions and I found your Video lessons. Bless you my child. You are just what the doc. ordered. You are my life saver.
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Finally, easy to understand, practical Scribus help, this guy rocks! Put the coffee on, Mommys staying up late tonight!
Thank you, very useful!
Absolutely fantastic got me up and running with Scrubus VERY quickly. All set a just about the right pace and well presented. THANKS
Thanks for making these screencasts about Scribus. They have helped me get familiar with and understand Scribus more quickly than the official Scribus tutorial and documentation.
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Hi,
Thanks for your efforts. However, it is sooooo slooooow and was sending me to sleep by the monotone voice. There was no real enthusiasm and it sounded as though you were forcing yourself to do the video. Have a look at http://screencasters.heathenx.org/ to see how it should be done. Can I suggest that rather than go through what each of the dropdown menus contain wait until they are required before introducing them otherwise you swamp the user with information which they are likely to forget.
Regards
Hmm I am impressed. Sweden. Nice to see I have some influence some where.
Dai, I just came across this link:
http://www.linuxportalen.se/node/8704
which is sending a bunch of people through to your series from Sweden.
I had a small amount of joy translating a clip of the text:
but it is mostly in 'bad foreign translation'...but the tone seems to be very positive :-)
Well done, your influence is spreading abroad!
Ian.
I've been fiddling a bit with Scribus and have watched a few online tutorials. I found your Scribus introduction simultaneously too advanced and too basic. For example, I am familiar with things like paper sizes, but as to why I would make an object box as foundation for an image box was unclear until I saw that it kept the text from being too close to the image.
It reminded me a bit of a talented magician teaching an apprentice by merely doing a trick over and over again and saying, "See?"
But I DO appreciate you putting your how to videos out there and intend to watch some more and pick up tips that will help me work with Scribus with less frustration! Bless you!
ooh thanks I will have some more scribus tutorials coming soon. They will be in a slightly different look to these here but will contain the same sort of info which will help you and others get to grips with scribus.
Hey I really loved this tutorial. As a fledgling buisness owner I have been trying to design marketing materials on (gag me ) word perfect which is a huge headache. And usually learning any desktop publishing program takes so much trial and error to learn. This is great. I am looking foward to continuing my scribus education with you! And you have a wonderful voice!
Thanks Dai for this very informative and well presented video. Scribus looks like a really useful program!
Yes scribus does work well with inkscape and gimp
Follow up to my earlier comment:
I just looked up Scribus on Wikipedia, and it looks like Scribus can write PDF files (although it cannot import them). It will be interesting to see if Scribus works well with The Gimp and Inkscape.
Hi Dai,
I am looking forward to your subsequent videos. I use Vim for 90% of my text entry, but there are times when I need to do document layout. I am hoping that Scribus can take the place of MS Word.
Thanks for making this video.



