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Introduction

Anyone is invited to describe her/his experience with successfully using Scribus in her/his projects. Please note: to report any unusual reasons you use Scribus join the ongoing discussion Stupid reasons we use Scribus. There is also a special page for placing links to your work: Made with Scribus. If you want to recommend a Scribus and/or PDF friendly print shop, please use Scribus Friendly Print Shops.

2011

Graduation catalogue of the PZI MA Networked Media

Reporter: OSP

Date: July 2011

Design of the graduation flyer and catalogue of MA Networked Media of the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam.

Flyer first half-recto [A6]
Flyer second half-recto [A6]
Flyer verso [A5]

Bound with removeable black brads, the catalogue is composed of one stapled introduction booklet, followed by 6 leaflet/posters, one for each student. The purple poster ink seems to be absorbed by the red leaflet side. Each booklet and leaflet can be distributed individually.

Purple shapes appearing behind the red text are the "overage" ink from the back side which is the poster side.

We used public domain patent drawings to illustrate each project with a shift of humour.

There are no software that can handle spot colors for pictures. So we used a python script written by Simeon Voelkel which we got on the Scribus IRC channel to convert images to eps files and add the desired spot color in the header of the image. The original script was written for duotone colors, since we needed only monochrome colors, we fed the script with a blank image of the same size of the original image. Then, search & replace directly in the XML to change the spot colors. Result, the images are "baked", meaning we cannot change them anymore, if changes are to be made, you'd have to go from the previous tif or jpg version and re-apply the script.

German Alpine Club (DAV), Local Section Ettlingen — periodical magazine

Reporter: Andreas Hünnebeck

Date: December, 2011

The magazine is sent to all members of the local section twice per year. You can download the current magazine and older ones here.

I started to create this magazine in 1992, using different office programs on Windows and Linux. Plagued by the increasing number of bugs in OpenOffice 3 I switched to Scribus in April 2010 (using 1.3.3.12 on Kubuntu 9.04). I wrote several python scripts to create the tables used in the magazine. Scribus creates a ready to print PDF for the print shop and a WEB version PDF for the homepage.

In April 2011 I used Scribus 1.4.0.rc2 (on Kubunto 11.04) for Issue number 21 and in November 2011 I used Scribus 1.4.0.rc6 for issue number 22. (see WEB version PDF).

Book: Guide Sentinelle

Reporter: Cedric Gémy

Date: November 2011

Scribus_fr-ExemplesDutilisation-resized_600x421_CGEMY_EetRBi.png

52 pages guide, page size A5, 2-color (black+pantone) made for a french association. The purpose of this guide is to give elements to people on how to protect water ressources in Brittany and how to act when they are witness of defaults.

CD: Les jetés de l'encore / Bologne

Reporter: Gilles Maire

Date: August 2011

For us, no question to make a CD without Open Source tools. The CD was recorded with Ardour on a Linux station. We used Scribus for the CD cover and booklet. Photographer Francois Michel and all the musicians Guerran Sellin, Alexandre Taveau, Survière Florès and Sieglfried Courteaux have played in Open Source. It is a great pleasure to have used Scribus, because it is very user friendy and we have achieved a nice product for a small budget. The colors in CYMK are nicely printed.

Each CD-burner company has its own format for templates and we made the cover and the booklet with a Open Source template found on the gallery. It was very simple to adapt it for the best price company.

The CD front was very easy to make following the CD form.

You can find the CD at http://www.lesjetesdelencre.com

Thank you Scribus !

book: Guide de l'apiculteur

Reporter: Cedric Gémy

Date: August 2011

96 pages guide, page size A5, 4-color made for a french institution. The purpose of to give beekeepers all the informations they need to produce honey as profitably as they can.

Nüüs vu Mullis

Reporter: Niklaus Giger

Date: April 2011

Mollis, a small village (about 3'000 habitants) in the Swiss mountains, has a local tourist association which publishes since around 1965 a quarterly "Nüüs vu Mullis" magazine (News from Mollis). The first issue was written using a type writer using hectography. Since three years we use successfully Scribus for its layout. Two sample pages are found under http://ngiger.dyndns.org/vvm/nüüs_vu_mullis.pdf.

Using Scribus allows us to incorporated a lot a invidual PDF files (advertisements, title page). The first two or three issues took much more time to layout, but since then we found an easy workflow which allows us to control every detail. This was a big improvement over the previous situation where a print shop did the layout and usually only corrected two out of three errors reported.

If anybody in the surroundings of Mollis would like to use Scribus for a similar magazine, we would be glad to offer some help.

Choices Magazine

Reporter: Lisa Charles

Date: February 2011

Choices Magazine is a new UK glossy subscription only magazine for the employeepreneur, marketed via Direct Sales. Our main target market is employees making the transition to self employed, to business owner; with our secondary market being very early start-ups. Our focus is on the next generation of industry leaders and entrepreneurs to nurture and build into successful brands. The big dreamers and forward thinkers; in particular, today’s self starter and tomorrow’s entrepreneur; the next gigantic global brand. And for the serious entrepreneur; Choices Magazine provides a stream of income and a huge platform to develop and launch brands. Our features, stories and articles (including success principles, practical projects, problem solving techniques and business strategies) give our readers the knowledge, skills and know how, to win. We provide information to give them the edge, focus and necessary qualities to deliver their best, and to be a leader in their field. Choices incorporates information in four crucial areas necessary for a successful and balanced life: Business Choices, Lifestyle Choices, Wellbeing Choices, and Personal Growth Choices.

I used Scribus 1.3.9 to do the first pre launch issue (32 pages), which is available now, and have started working on the launch issue (64 pages), out at the end of March 2011. There was a slight learning curve, getting used to Scribus, but overall I think it's an excellent program. The proof we received from the printers was of excellent quality, putting my fears to rest that the pdf output would not be compatible for some reason (although Scribus do make clear that the commercial printing quality is superb!).

Wikipedia Bookshelf Project

Reporter: Frédéric Schütz

Date: January 2011

The Wikipedia Bookshelf Project is creating a core set of public outreach materials designed to help new contributors understand the specific culture of Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. The materials aim to increase new contributor awareness and interest, foster excitement about contributing to Wikipedia, and provide key training tools. The materials are being developed in English; however, they are to be designed for easy translation, localization, and customization by volunteers, local chapters, and educational institutions such as schools and universities. Bookshelf materials are being developed by the project team from the Wikimedia Foundation (the Foundation that oversees the development of Wikipedia), community volunteers, and production experts.

The combination of these requirements naturally led the project team to choose Scribus to create these materials. Scribus fits perfectly with the goals of the Wikimedia Foundation, and allows anyone to easily access the tools needed to contribute to the project. The resulting materials are also published under a free license (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike, except for the Wikipedia and Wikimedia logos).

The material produced so far can be found at http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf (note that the last two documents in the list of printed material were not created with Scribus; in particular, the project is currently looking for a volunteer who could convert the document Video for Wikipedia and the Open Web: A Guide to Best Practices for Cultural and Educational Institutions, originally created using Adobe InDesign, in Scribus format).

Some of the Scribus files are already available at http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Localization_guidelines_(Bookshelf), in particular for the Welcome to Wikipedia booklet (PDF, ZIP files with Scribus source).

The Rockfish Files

Reporter: Keith White

Date: January 2011

This first issue of The Rockfish Files was a collaborated effort, but edited and created solely with open source software. Scribus v1.3.9 was used, and is being used in production of issue #2 to be released in march 2011.

A 60 plus page effort to show the world that British lure fishing can be more than just bass orientated. This document received over 5000 unique reads in the first 14 days of its release.

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-[[Category:Other]]
+[[Category:Publications]][[Category:Success_Stories]][[Category:EN]]
+{{TOC_Success_stories_sidebar}}
 =Introduction=
 Anyone is invited to describe her/his experience with successfully using Scribus in her/his projects. Please note: to report any unusual reasons you use Scribus join the ongoing discussion [[Stupid reasons we use Scribus]]. There is also a special page for placing links to your work: [[Made with Scribus]]. If you want to recommend a Scribus and/or PDF friendly print shop, please use [[Scribus Friendly Print Shops]].
-Also check Success Stories from previous years:
+=2011=
+== Graduation catalogue of the PZI MA Networked Media ==
+'''Reporter:''' OSP
+'''Date:''' July 2011
+[[File:P7012989cMichaelMurtaugh-small.jpg|thumb|200px]]
+Design of the graduation flyer and catalogue of MA Networked Media of the [http://pzwart.wdka.nl Piet Zwart Institute], Rotterdam.
+<gallery>
+File:recto1.png|Flyer first half-recto [A6]
+File:recto2.png|Flyer second half-recto [A6]
+File:verso.png|Flyer verso [A5]
+</gallery>
+Bound with removeable black brads, the catalogue is composed of one stapled introduction booklet, followed by 6 leaflet/posters, one for each student. The purple poster ink seems to be absorbed by the red leaflet side. Each booklet and leaflet can be distributed individually.
+[[File:cat_31.jpg|thumb|200px]]
+Purple shapes appearing behind the red text are the "overage" ink from the back side which is the poster side.
+[[File:cat_4.jpg|thumb|200px]]
+We used public domain patent drawings to illustrate each project with a shift of humour.
+There are no software that can handle spot colors for pictures. So we used a [http://stdin.fr/Bazar/SpotColorImages python script] written by Simeon Voelkel which we got on the Scribus IRC channel to convert images to eps files and add the desired spot color in the header of the image. The original script was written for duotone colors, since we needed only monochrome colors, we fed the script with a blank image of the same size of the original image. Then, search & replace directly in the XML to change the spot colors. Result, the images are "baked", meaning we cannot change them anymore, if changes are to be made, you'd have to go from the previous tif or jpg version and re-apply the script.
+==German  Alpine Club (DAV), Local Section Ettlingen &mdash; periodical  magazine ==
+'''Reporter:''' Andreas Hünnebeck
+'''Date:'''  December, 2011
+The magazine is sent to all members of  the local section twice per year.
+You can download the current magazine and older ones
+[http://www.dav-ettlingen.de/index.php?id=22  here].
+I started to create this magazine in 1992, using different office programs on Windows and Linux.
+Plagued by the increasing number of bugs in OpenOffice 3 I switched to Scribus in April 2010
+(using 1.3.3.12 on Kubuntu 9.04). I wrote several python scripts to create the tables used in the
+magazine. Scribus creates a ready to print PDF for the print shop and a WEB version PDF
+for the homepage.
+In April 2011 I used Scribus 1.4.0.rc2 (on Kubunto 11.04) for Issue number 21 and in November 2011
+I used Scribus 1.4.0.rc6 for issue number 22. (see
+[http://www.dav-ettlingen.de/uploads/media/Mitteilungsheft_Nr._22_Dezember-2011.pdf  WEB version PDF]).
+==Book: Guide Sentinelle ==
+'''Reporter:''' Cedric Gémy
+'''Date:''' November 2011
-[[Success Stories 2008]]
+http://www.cgemy.com/galerie/Scribus_fr-ExemplesDutilisation-resized_600x421_CGEMY_EetRBi.png
-[[Success Stories 2007]]
+pages guide, page size A5, 2-color (black+pantone) made for a french association. The purpose of this guide is to give elements to people on how to protect water ressources in Brittany and how to act when they are witness of defaults.
-[[Success Stories 2006]]
+==CD: Les jetés de l'encore / Bologne==
+'''Reporter:''' Gilles Maire
-[[Success Stories 2005-2004-2003]]
+'''Date:''' August 2011
-=2009=
+[[File:IGNU-les_jetes_de_l_encre-bologne.jpg|800px]]
-== Agroecology Primer ==
+For us, no question to make a CD without Open Source tools. The CD was recorded with  Ardour on a Linux station. We used Scribus for the CD cover and booklet. Photographer  Francois Michel and all the musicians Guerran Sellin, Alexandre Taveau, Survière Florès and Sieglfried Courteaux have played in Open Source.  It is a great pleasure to have used Scribus, because it is very user friendy and we have achieved a nice product for a small budget. The colors in CYMK are nicely printed.
-'''Reporter:'''  Farid Abdelnour
+Each CD-burner company has its own format for templates and we made the cover and the booklet with a Open Source template found on the gallery. It was very simple to adapt it for the best price company.
-'''Date:''' November, 2009
+The CD front was very easy to make following the CD form.
-This Agroecology Primer was comissioned by the University of Brasilia and the Via Campesina. It was done entirely using GNU/Linux, Gimp 2.6, Inkscape 0.46 and Scribus 1.3.5 by [http://www.gunga.com.br Studio Gunga]. It will be distributed in rural communities and to peasant families of Brasilia - Brazil.
+You can find the CD at http://www.lesjetesdelencre.com
-[[Image:CartilhaCapa.png]]     [[Image:CartilhaIndice.png]]     [[Image:cartilhaPag16.png]]    [[Image:cartilhaPag38.png]]
+Thank you Scribus !
-== Book on Linguistics ==
+== book: Guide de l'apiculteur ==
+'''Reporter:''' Cedric Gémy
-'''Reporter:'''  John Jason Jordan (via Scribus mailing list)
+'''Date:''' August 2011
-'''Date:''' May 9, 2009
+http://www.cgemy.com/galerie/GuideAPiculteur-small.jpg
-This afternoon I finished my first book on linguistics. Except for proofreading, it is ready for press. It will be printed by Linguistics Publishing, Inc., to be ready for fall university bookstore orders.
+pages guide, page size A5, 4-color made for a french institution. The purpose of to give beekeepers all the informations they need to produce honey as profitably as they can.
-The writing and a lot of the layout was done in OpenOffice.org 3.0.x. Final layout was done in Scribus 1.3.5svn, with major assistance from Inkscape. The operating system was Ubuntu Intrepid and Jaunty, x86_64.
+==Nüüs vu Mullis==
+'''Reporter:''' Niklaus Giger
-Not one penny of cash money was paid for any of the software used in the project. Rather, payment was made by participating in e-lists, wikis, bug reporting, and other resources to assist others in using the software.
+'''Date:''' April 2011
-I am especially indebted to the members of the Scribus e-list list and the Scribus community who listened to me with patience and offered advice and assistance as I learned Scribus and completed the project.
+[[File:nueues_vu_mullis.jpg|800px]]
-[[Image:Cover-page001.png]]
-Here is a page showing formulas that I had to create. I found that the easiest way was to use OpenOffice.org Writer, placing the formulas in a two-cell table. I set the left cell very narrow because it just has the question number. When I had the page done in Writer I printed to PostScript file and placed the file into the Scribus document with File > Import > Vector file. As you can see from the image below, the PostScript file from Writer is not correct - the brackets are different widths. This is due to a bug in Writer, so I had to ungroup the PostScript file in Scribus and use Scribus to fix the problems.
+Mollis, a small village (about 3'000 habitants) in the Swiss mountains, has a local tourist association which publishes since around 1965 a quarterly "Nüüs vu Mullis" magazine (News from Mollis). The first issue was written using a type writer using hectography. Since three years we use successfully Scribus for its layout. Two sample pages are found under http://ngiger.dyndns.org/vvm/nüüs_vu_mullis.pdf.
-[[Image:Workbook4-page095.png]]
+Using Scribus allows us to incorporated a lot a invidual PDF files (advertisements, title page). The first two or three issues took much more time to layout, but since then we found an easy workflow which allows us to control every detail. This was a big improvement over the previous situation where a print shop did the layout and usually only corrected two out of three errors reported.
-== Debian Conference 2008 Final Report ==
+If anybody in the surroundings of Mollis would like to use Scribus for a similar magazine, we would be glad to offer some help.
-'''Reporter:'''  Margarita Manterola
+== Choices Magazine==
+'''Reporter:''' Lisa Charles
-'''Date:''' April, 2009
+'''Date:''' February 2011
-DebConf is the annual Debian Conference.  Each year, after the conference is over, a final report is produced.  In 2007 and 2006 this had been done with LaTeX, but for 2008 we decided that we wanted a sexier looking report, and took the leap of doing it with Scribus.  The results are awesome.  We are really happy with it.
-The report can be downloaded from:
+[http://www.choicesmagazine.co.uk Choices Magazine] is a new UK glossy subscription only magazine for the employeepreneur, marketed via Direct Sales. Our main target market is employees making the transition to self employed, to business owner; with our secondary market being very early start-ups.  Our focus is on the next generation of industry leaders and entrepreneurs to nurture and build into successful brands. The big dreamers and forward thinkers; in particular, today’s self starter and tomorrow’s entrepreneur; the next gigantic global brand.  And for the serious entrepreneur; Choices Magazine provides a stream of income and a huge platform to develop and launch brands.  Our features, stories and articles (including success principles, practical projects, problem solving techniques and business strategies) give our readers the knowledge, skills and know how, to win.  We provide information to give them the edge, focus and necessary qualities to deliver their best, and to be a leader in their field. Choices incorporates information in four crucial areas necessary for a successful and balanced life: Business Choices, Lifestyle Choices, Wellbeing Choices, and Personal Growth Choices.
-http://media.debconf.org/dc8/report/
-[[Image:DebConf8FinalReport.png]]
+I used Scribus 1.3.9 to do the first pre launch issue (32 pages), which is available now, and have started working on the launch issue (64 pages), out at the end of March 2011. There was a slight learning curve, getting used to Scribus, but overall I think it's an excellent program. The proof we received from the printers was of excellent quality, putting my fears to rest that the pdf output would not be compatible for some reason (although Scribus do make clear that the commercial printing quality is superb!).
-== Campus Newsletter in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, India ==
+[[File:Choices Magazine full issue01.PNG|center]]
-'''Reporter:''' Swift Arrow
+==Wikipedia Bookshelf Project==
+'''Reporter:''' Frédéric Schütz
-'''Date:''' April, 2009
+'''Date:''' January 2011
-At my university, Lakshya, The association of Mechanical Engineers (of which I am a proud member), publishes a 4 page quarterly newsletter called Sanketika.  Since it's inception, it was done in Microsoft Publisher, using the default fonts (Calibri), embedded images, etc.  It wasn't bad, but it got better.  Over discussions on how to improve it, we outlined various points such as a shift to serif fonts, a `Lighter' look, etc.  Finally, over 24 hours, we sat down and did it.  In Scribus 1.3.3.12.  It was the first time I had ever used Scribus, but I found it pretty usable.  It was amazing to see it coming off the press.  Our latest edition had adverts showing off our conversion to FOSS, a screenshot of the Scribus loading window, and gave the scribus url for publicity.  We will be teaching it to our juniors next semester, and they will continue the legacy!
+The '''[http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf_Project Wikipedia Bookshelf Project]''' is creating a core set of public outreach materials designed to help new contributors understand the specific culture of Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. The materials aim to increase new contributor awareness and interest, foster excitement about contributing to Wikipedia, and provide key training tools. The materials are being developed in English; however, they are to be designed for easy translation, localization, and customization by volunteers, local chapters, and educational institutions such as schools and universities. Bookshelf materials are being developed by the project team from the Wikimedia Foundation (the Foundation that oversees the development of Wikipedia), community volunteers, and production experts.
-==PR department of Guardamar's Townhall (Spain) &mdash; various publications==
+The combination of these requirements naturally led the project team to choose Scribus to create these materials. Scribus fits perfectly with the goals of the Wikimedia Foundation, and allows anyone to easily access the tools needed to contribute to the project. The resulting materials are also published under a free license ([http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike], except for the Wikipedia and Wikimedia logos).
-'''Reporter:'''  Markus W. Barth (via Scribus mailing list)
+The material produced so far can be found at http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf (note that the last two documents in the list of printed material were not created with Scribus; in particular, the project is currently looking for a volunteer who could convert the document ''Video for Wikipedia and the Open Web: A Guide to Best Practices for Cultural and Educational Institutions'', originally created using Adobe InDesign, in Scribus format).
-'''Date:''' February, 2009
+Some of the Scribus files are already available at http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Localization_guidelines_(Bookshelf), in particular for the ''[http://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Welcome2WP_English_082310.pdf&page=1 Welcome to Wikipedia]'' booklet ([http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Welcome2WP_English_082310.pdf PDF], [http://www.process39.com/client_res/wikipedia/Welcome2WP_SOURCE_082410.zip ZIP files with Scribus source]).
-The PR department of Guardamar's Townhall (Spain)
+[[File:Welcome2WP_English_082310-thumbnails.jpg|700px|center]]
-uses scribus for some of its publications. I you want to have a look at the
-results, visit
-http://www.guardamar.net/index.php/es/publicaciones-prensa/guardamar-amar
-Thus, the townhall tries to contribute to spread the use of open source in
+[[File:Welcome2WP French printed1.jpg|150px]]
-public administration. Right know, 1.3.3 is used for production, although we
+[[File:Welcome2WP French printed2.jpg|300px]]
-are really looking forward to the 1.3.5 release because handling seems to be
+[[File:Welcome2WP French printed3.jpg|300px]]
-a lot smoother. There is only one major drawback from the usability point of
-view: accents do not work and we have to switch to the text editor for every
-minor change in the texts which imho is just not acceptable for such an
-excellent piece of software.
-== Town magazine in Gometz le Châtel (5/year) ==
+==The Rockfish Files==
-[[Image:Gometz207.jpg|right|thumb]]
+'''Reporter:''' Keith White
-We use Scribus for our town magazine. We use it since number 207 (June 2008). You can download the magazine at http://www.gometzlechatel.fr/w/index.php?title=Bulletin_municipal
+'''Date:''' January 2011
-The switch to Scribus has enabled us to save money and to make the magazine under Linux.
+This first issue of '''[http://issuu.com/jerseybassguides/docs/hrfw?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Faquarium%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true The Rockfish Files]''' was a collaborated effort, but edited and created solely with open source software.
+Scribus v1.3.9 was used, and is being used in production of issue #2 to be released in march 2011.
-<br clear="all" />
+A 60 plus page effort to show the world that British lure fishing can be more than just bass orientated. This document received over 5000 unique reads in the first 14 days of its release.

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Contents

Introduction

2011

Graduation catalogue of the PZI MA Networked Media

German Alpine Club (DAV), Local Section Ettlingen — periodical magazine

Book: Guide Sentinelle

CD: Les jetés de l'encore / Bologne

book: Guide de l'apiculteur

Nüüs vu Mullis

Choices Magazine

Wikipedia Bookshelf Project

The Rockfish Files

Navigation menu

Success Stories 2011: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:15, 18 October 2014

Introduction

2011

Graduation catalogue of the PZI MA Networked Media

German Alpine Club (DAV), Local Section Ettlingen — periodical magazine

Book: Guide Sentinelle

CD: Les jetés de l'encore / Bologne

book: Guide de l'apiculteur

Nüüs vu Mullis

Choices Magazine

Wikipedia Bookshelf Project

The Rockfish Files

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