What's new in Scribus 1.4?

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The purpose of this page is to list the most exciting new features in 1.4. A short description and one more screenshots would be nice.

Cross-platform availability

  • Mac OS X (DMG)
  • OS/2 Warp 4 and eComStation

Import/Export

Import

  • Adobe Illustrator (AI)
  • Apple PICT files (PICT)
  • Cumulus Vector Graphics (CVG)
  • Windows Metafile (WMF)
  • Xfig (FIG)
  • Kivio Shapes
  • Dia Shapes

Export

  • PDF/EPS embedding in PDF
  • Pre-press options
  • PDF 1.5 presentation effects
  • Conversion of OTF to Type 3 outlines

Text/Typography

  • Character Styles


Bitmap images

  • Image effects
  • Advanced image properties

Vector objects

  • Line style editor
  • More default shapes

Render Frames

Colours

Supported palette formats

  • EPS
  • GIMP palettes (GPL)
  • Illustrator (AI)
  • OpenDocument (SOC)
  • Viva Designer

New colour palettes

  • Resene
  • DTP Studio
  • National Standards
    • Japan
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

Colour palette features

  • Replacing Colours

Items (general)

  • Advanced selection mode
  • Improvements to the Document Outline dialog

Templates