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The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.4.5.
The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.4.5.


Scribus 1.4.5 is almost exclusively a bugfixing release, including many corrections back-ported from 1.5.0svn.
Scribus 1.4.5 is almost exclusively a bugfixing and update release, including many corrections backported from 1.5.0svn. Scribus 1.5.0, the preview of the next stable Scribus release (1.6.0), is supposed to be released for testing purposes early in 2015.
 
It will likely be the last release in the 1.4.x branch, and the Scribus Team will from now on solely focus on the development of the next major version 1.6. We expect to make available a first alpha release (version number 1.5.0) shortly after the release of 1.4.5.


==Most Important Changes==
==Most Important Changes==
* Scribus is now being shipped with the most recent version of [http://bwipp.terryburton.co.uk Barcode Writer in Pure PostScript].
* Updates to the Scripter that enable more control on PDF export. There is also a new command in Scripter, [[Using the new applyMasterPage() command | applyMasterPage()]], which allows you to apply an existing Master Page.
* Updates to the Resene color palettes, including, for the first time, The Resene Total Colour System (TCS) Master Palette.
* Many translation updates and improvements.
* Usability improvements.
* Better application icons.
* New templates.
* The OS X application bundle is now code signed (version 1 code signing, due to the OS X 10.5 Leopard build), and now contains the path tools for mesh distortion again.


 
The complete change log is available here: http://bugs.scribus.net/view_all_bug_page.php?filter=115457


==Primary Download Locations==
==Primary Download Locations==


* Installation packages for Windows, Mac OS X and the source code are available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.4.5
* Installation packages for Windows, Mac OS X and the source code are available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.4.5
* Debian/Ubuntu repository: [[Debian]] and [[Ubuntu]]
* Fedora and CentOS RPMs: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs
* Fedora and CentOS RPMs: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs
* OpenSUSE, SLED, and SLES RPMs: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs
* OpenSUSE, SLED, and SLES RPMs: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs
* A ZIP archive for OS/2 Warp 4 and eComStation is available under: http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.4.5
* A ZIP archive for OS/2 Warp 4 and eComStation is available under: http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.4.5.
* A portable version for Windows is available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/Scribus%20Portable/
* A portable version for Windows is available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/Scribus%20Portable/.
* A Haiku HPKG package is available from: http://haikuware.com/directory/view-details/hpkgs/scribus
* A Haiku HPKG package will be available from: http://haikuware.com/directory/view-details/hpkgs/scribus soon. We also expect 1.4.5 to be provided via Haikuports: https://bitbucket.org/haikuports/haikuports/pull-request/477/added-recipe-for-scribus/diff.
* Packaging for *BSD, Solaris and OpenIndiana is beyond our influence. We recommend updating the respective repository data on a regular basis.
* Packaging for *BSD, Solaris and OpenIndiana is beyond our influence. We recommend updating the respective repository data on a regular basis.
* All download options are listed at: http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download


==Download Verification==
==Download Verification==
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==Credits==
==Credits==
<p>The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites.</p>
<p>The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites.</p>
<p>We are grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (France) and Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring.</p>
<p>We are grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring.</p>
<p>The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene Colours (New Zealand), dtp studio Oldenburg (Germany), GiveLife Color System (Spain), Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA), the Newspaper Association of America (USA) and Software Consulting Services (USA) as Special Supporters and donors of color palettes and other content since the 1.4.x release, just like we are grateful to the owner of Vector Portal for the permission to distribute some of his work as Scribus Templates.</p>
<p>The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene Colours (New Zealand), dtp studio Oldenburg (Germany), GiveLife Color System (Spain), Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA), the Newspaper Association of America (USA) and Software Consulting Services (USA) as Special Supporters and donors of color palettes and other content since the 1.4.x release, just like we are grateful to the owner of Vector Portal for the permission to distribute some of his work as Scribus Templates.</p>
<p>Porting Scribus to OS/2 and eComStation is being supported by Mensys BV (The Netherlands) and Serenity Systems (USA).</p>
<p>Porting Scribus to OS/2 and eComStation is being supported by Mensys BV (The Netherlands) and Serenity Systems (USA).</p>
<p>For this release we also want to thank Dennis Groenewegen van der Weijden for contributing a set of modern templates.</p>
<p>Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release.</p>
<p>Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release.</p>



Latest revision as of 19:29, 3 February 2015


Scribus 1.4.5 Released

The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.4.5.

Scribus 1.4.5 is almost exclusively a bugfixing and update release, including many corrections backported from 1.5.0svn. Scribus 1.5.0, the preview of the next stable Scribus release (1.6.0), is supposed to be released for testing purposes early in 2015.

Most Important Changes

  • Scribus is now being shipped with the most recent version of Barcode Writer in Pure PostScript.
  • Updates to the Scripter that enable more control on PDF export. There is also a new command in Scripter, applyMasterPage(), which allows you to apply an existing Master Page.
  • Updates to the Resene color palettes, including, for the first time, The Resene Total Colour System (TCS) Master Palette.
  • Many translation updates and improvements.
  • Usability improvements.
  • Better application icons.
  • New templates.
  • The OS X application bundle is now code signed (version 1 code signing, due to the OS X 10.5 Leopard build), and now contains the path tools for mesh distortion again.

The complete change log is available here: http://bugs.scribus.net/view_all_bug_page.php?filter=115457

Primary Download Locations

Download Verification

Description File Name Sha1sum
Source scribus-1.4.5.tar.bz2 70685aeb66d1f8f4984125c56f8f6e059af267c3
Source scribus-1.4.5.7z
OS X Leopard or higher, Intel x86 (DMG) scribus-1.4.5.dmg 92fff499d52ba14e38b910ecb3e442222f80dd5a
OS X Leopard or higher, Intel x86 (PKG) scribus-1.4.5.pkg f9b6ec54e502845385ed13d7993229995e922e3e
Windows 32/64 Bit scribus-1.4.5-windows.exe bbd723bb539681989edfe952ad36b9b647f788a4
Windows 64 Bit scribus-1.4.5-windows-x64.exe f27c7ee7f21bff1803987673a33b3b594fc91af0
Windows PortableApps.com Format ScribusPortable_1.4.5.paf.exe de1548c76ef39863c2ecba518aae97ac0cbaaa05
OS/2 and eComStation

Credits

The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites.

We are grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring.

The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene Colours (New Zealand), dtp studio Oldenburg (Germany), GiveLife Color System (Spain), Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA), the Newspaper Association of America (USA) and Software Consulting Services (USA) as Special Supporters and donors of color palettes and other content since the 1.4.x release, just like we are grateful to the owner of Vector Portal for the permission to distribute some of his work as Scribus Templates.

Porting Scribus to OS/2 and eComStation is being supported by Mensys BV (The Netherlands) and Serenity Systems (USA).

For this release we also want to thank Dennis Groenewegen van der Weijden for contributing a set of modern templates.

Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release.

LM logo 4c.thumbnail.jpg Oif-logo-169.png Modirum Logo.png SCS-Logo small.png
RES ColShop rgb 2.thumbnail.jpg Dtpstudio.thumbnail.png Givelife-logo-small.png Galaxy-logo.png
Ecomstation-ball.thumbnail.png Vp logo.png NAA logo small.png