Raï is not dead - commande pour le SAS - 2026

Conception et mise en page de l'affiche A3 pour impression numérique.

Already in love with Scribus

So, for my latest project, I decided to use Scribus for the layout. It’s been quite the learning curve. It’s forcing me to make layout decisions much earlier in the process, definitely an improvement on my slam it all together at the end approach.

So. Scribus.

pokes with stick

Adding some footnotes into the text, inspired by the ones in Stephen Fry’s Great Mythology series.

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Thursday, April 3, 2025

I finished the online Scribus course today and started working on a J. Lars Hoftrup pop-up exhibit.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

I found out a few weeks ago that Microsoft Publisher would be disappearing in 2026. I do all my graphic design work here in Publisher. Rather than wait until next year to find a replacement, I’ve decided to learn Scribus. It’s not a very intuitive program for me so today I found an online course at Udemy on how to use it. Unfortunately, the course was created a couple of years ago and is based on an older version. Fortunately, I was able to poke around enough to figure out what had changed in layout and function. So far, I’ve found the course very helpful. I still have a lot more to learn but I think it’ll be good.

Formation Scribus à Bruxelles

La PAO Libre et Gratuite en 2 Jours
Découvrez Scribus, le logiciel libre de PAO (Publication Assistée par Ordinateur) qui vous permet de mettre en page des brochures, des flyers, des magazines et tous types de documents imprimés. Au cours de cette formation de 2 jours à Bruxelles, vous apprendrez à maîtriser les fonctionnalités essentielles de Scribus pour créer des mises en page professionnelles…

Formation Scribus à Bruxelles

Scribus isn’t actually a free program, you pay for it with your sanity

i am so grateful to live in a day and age that has good free/open source software alternatives to Big Greedy Corporation with an Almost-Monopoly on Design Software products

Version finale du flyer de présentation du Mod de 0.A.D.

has anyone got any good tutorials for using scribus for layout design??

Specifically anything good for someone switching from using InDesign, rather than focused on how to do the designing itself.

It’s that time of year again. That time of year where I format another book, and chatter about Scribus while I’m at it.

My current complaint; I still do not know how to stop the program from spawning out-of-bounds text frames far, far in the abyssal region of the scrollbar every time I generate a new page in the middle of the document.

It gets annoying to scroll down and delete the frames. > : (

I love scribus but I also hate it because sometimes it functions so poorly.

Formatting Winter Herald is one fourth me cursing the fact that past-me used too many italics in the first five chapters of the book, one fourth me frantically going “oh!” as I jump back to fix Shadow Herald’s manuscript too, one fourth me making notes for when I redo both .sla files for physical copy, and one final fourth terrible lamentation as I finally learn where to change the document’s starting page from the right to the left is.

https://paoloaugusto.blogspot.com/2021/11/i-giochi-aleatori-quarta-di-copertina.html?m=1

La #schermata di #Scribus dice che sono giunto alla #quartadicopertina dell’#articolo 2.2 I #giochialeatori, e anche che la quarta di copertina necessita di qualche ritocco, anche se non è facile fare #graficadigitalizzata invece che digitale. Insomma: ora devo rivedere l’#eBook prima di pubblicarlo definitivamente… e poi passare al montaggio degli articoli fin qui realizzati per la #stampacartacea.
Nel frattempo ricordo che la versione d’#anteprima è #disponibile da tempo sul mio #Patreon a #1euro di #supporto.
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Satisfied but super tired right now because I sat through an entire online module of Scribus. I’m blessed, I suppose, because I get to take uni classes that teach me how to use Scribus and Gimp (Adobe Photoshop and InDesign alternative freeware). But it’s often exhausting. That’s because programs (and many skills in general) are taught as theoretical structures without content, and that just tends to drain the life out of me. If the framework is explained without the purpose, e.g. a real project that you would need it for, it sucks my energy faster than a vacuum cleaner. And it’s really hard for me to recharge my power and motivation when that has happened. Learning on the job comes easier to me. Nonetheless, I’m thankful because I can see where these skills, which feel like lifeless, empty shells right now, will be put to good use one day. It’s the content that will make them come alive, and then I am going to fully appreciate what I learned. 

Venting a bit because my energy to continue drawing the King Steve-saga is spent for today. Looks like I’m gonna be binge-watching a show tonight. 

Ughh, if I was better at sketching or something, I’d make my entire Rott fix-it fic into a comic. I have such a big desire to show it visually. You know…remake that entire movie to comfort us. Oh well. 

#Untitled #20 #January #2021
A #Scribus day (at Online)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKRXj9KlBMp/?igshid=7ky7nel158gw

#Untitled #18 #January #2021
#Scribus #HellYeah (at Bologna, Italy)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKMlFn5FQsC/?igshid=5i2u6gstivsm