Scribus Tutorials

Welcome to Scribus Tutorials:
This Web site combines with, Inkscape tutorials.net and The gimp tutorials.net to provide a complete Computer Graphic Design Training solution using entirely free software. Desktop Publishing has never been easier. The development of Open Source Software has now reached a point where truly Professional standards can be achieved, meeting all of the requirements needed by commercial printers. Scribus will export finished files in the PDF X3 format converting images and content to CMYK and embedding Fonts and Line work to exacting industry standards. Scribus is a superb Graphic Design Program and enables me to teach Graphic Design Online for Free.
It is very important to read our Graphic Design Essentials Page, our Color Page and our Do's and Don't's of Preparing Artwork for a Printer before commencing any of the Tutorials.

Download your Free copy of Scribus HERE.
You will also need to download a copy of Ghost script to create PDF files with Scribus.

Visit our Color Page to install the Adobe ICC profiles.

There is a tremendous amount of online documentation available on how to use the Scribus.
Scribus Basics. Free on line basic Tutorials
Getting Started with Scribus Free on line beginners Tutorial.

The Tutorials on this site will require you to perform Tutorials on our sister sites: thegimptutorials.net and inkscapetutorials.net
This is because Scribus is an assembly / production program used for the final preparation of high quality artwork to be sent for Publication. It is one of the few full Desktop Publishing software programs available and it is Free!
Vector Illustration and artwork is best carried out in Inkscape and Photographic / Image work is best performed in The GIMP.
Both of these programs are Open Source and both are entirely FREE.

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The GIMP Tutorials is a site dedicated to the popular Open Source Photo Editing program. The GIMP is a truly professional program packed with filters and plug-ins that make it a serious tool for Graphic Artists.

Inkscape Tutorials is a site dedicated to one of the most exciting Vector Drawing programs to be released in a long time. Inkscape is Open Source and entirely free. That doesn't mean that it is in any way inferior to the commercial Vector Drawing programs...In fact ALL of the Graphics on this site were created using Inkscape.