What are most people using? I couldn't find anything stating the differences on the website -- which needs updating!! I'm using Firefox on Mint 12 (Ubuntu based) and the text on some of the pages obviously stops at the bottom but should continue.

On 2/12/2012 7:00 PM, farna@att.net wrote:
> What are most people using? I couldn't find anything stating the
> differences on the website -- which needs updating!! I'm using Firefox
> on Mint 12 (Ubuntu based) and the text on some of the pages obviously
> stops at the bottom but should continue.

PageStream Pro includes add-ons that we used to have to buy separately
such as TextFX, Borders, Gary's Effects, etc. I can't help you with your
Linus setup as I've only used Amiga and Windows versions.

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I guess the big question is are these add-ons really worth the extra money for the average guy? I publish a 24 page hobby magazine (8 page asmaple at www.amc-mag.com if interested). I suppose TextFX might be needed, but I don't do a lot of fancy text -- the most I do is skew or angle (rotate) the text boxes. Looks like the standard edition will do that. I do all my photo editing using GIMP right now, looking for something a little less powerful and easier to use as most of what I'm doing is resizing and changing tone/contrast.

--- In PageStreamSupport@yahoogroups.com, "David L. Stevens" <dave_stevens@...> wrote:
>
> On 2/12/2012 7:00 PM, farna@... wrote:
> > What are most people using? I couldn't find anything stating the
> > differences on the website -- which needs updating!! I'm using Firefox
> > on Mint 12 (Ubuntu based) and the text on some of the pages obviously
> > stops at the bottom but should continue.
>
> PageStream Pro includes add-ons that we used to have to buy separately
> such as TextFX, Borders, Gary's Effects, etc. I can't help you with your
> Linus setup as I've only used Amiga and Windows versions.
>
> --
> DAVID L. STEVENS -- TEAM AMIGA --
> Windows XP user (:^(> on Acer Aspire 9810 2.16 GHz Notebook
> 2 GB RAM; 3 150-GB Hard Drives; CanoScan LIDE 20
> Canon i860 & Brother HL-5050 PageStream v5.0.5.7 Pro
> <http://home.comcast.net/~dave_stevens/home.html>
> I do not necessarily agree with my taglines
>
> ***
> Criticize and complain diplomatically: Praise something else first.
> Contributed by Amit Shah
>

For the average guy? Yes, IMO. For EVERY average guy? I dunno.

On 2/13/2012 9:59 AM, farna@att.net wrote:
> I guess the big question is are these add-ons really worth the extra
> money for the average guy? I publish a 24 page hobby magazine (8 page
> asmaple at www.amc-mag.com if interested). I suppose TextFX might be
> needed, but I don't do a lot of fancy text -- the most I do is skew or
> angle (rotate) the text boxes. Looks like the standard edition will do
> that. I do all my photo editing using GIMP right now, looking for
> something a little less powerful and easier to use as most of what I'm
> doing is resizing and changing tone/contrast.
>
> --- In PageStreamSupport@yahoogroups.com
> <mailtoageStreamSupport%40yahoogroups.com>, "David L. Stevens"
> <dave_stevens@...> wrote:
> >
> > On 2/12/2012 7:00 PM, farna@... wrote:
> > > What are most people using? I couldn't find anything stating the
> > > differences on the website -- which needs updating!! I'm using Firefox
> > > on Mint 12 (Ubuntu based) and the text on some of the pages obviously
> > > stops at the bottom but should continue.
> >
> > PageStream Pro includes add-ons that we used to have to buy separately
> > such as TextFX, Borders, Gary's Effects, etc. I can't help you with your
> > Linus setup as I've only used Amiga and Windows versions.
> >
> > --
> > DAVID L. STEVENS -- TEAM AMIGA --
> > Windows XP user (:^(> on Acer Aspire 9810 2.16 GHz Notebook
> > 2 GB RAM; 3 150-GB Hard Drives; CanoScan LIDE 20
> > Canon i860 & Brother HL-5050 PageStream v5.0.5.7 Pro
> > <http://home.comcast.net/~dave_stevens/home.html>
> > I do not necessarily agree with my taglines
> >
> > ***
> > Criticize and complain diplomatically: Praise something else first.
> > Contributed by Amit Shah
> >
>
>

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2 GB RAM; 3 150-GB Hard Drives; CanoScan LIDE 20
Canon i860 & Brother HL-5050 PageStream v5.0.5.7 Pro
<http://home.comcast.net/~dave_stevens/home.html>
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Hi all!

Don't forget PDF import. And some more!
See:http://www.pagestream.org/?action=Documents&id=1241

Theo

Op 13-2-2012 2:28, David L. Stevens schreef:
> On 2/12/2012 7:00 PM, farna@att.net wrote:
>> What are most people using? I couldn't find anything stating the
>> differences on the website -- which needs updating!! I'm using Firefox
>> on Mint 12 (Ubuntu based) and the text on some of the pages obviously
>> stops at the bottom but should continue.
> PageStream Pro includes add-ons that we used to have to buy separately
> such as TextFX, Borders, Gary's Effects, etc. I can't help you with your
> Linus setup as I've only used Amiga and Windows versions.
>

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On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:00 PM, farna@att.net wrote:

> What are most people using? I couldn't find anything stating the differences on the website -- which needs updating!! I'm using Firefox on Mint 12 (Ubuntu based) and the text on some of the pages obviously stops at the bottom but should continue.

I've been on PgS Pro for some time now. IIRC the main differences are:

- ability to turn text into a path
- ability to apply shaping to text (I forget the actual name for the tool)
- additional graphics filters
- more borders

I'm probably missing something. If you are handy with vector graphics the additional borders aren't that big of a deal as you can create your own (or use some else's, I've done a few). The graphics filters are lost on me: I don't do that sort of thing in PgS, but in the Gimp or Photoshop.

The text capabilities on the other hand are really nice to have.

Tim Doty

Hey Theo!

On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Theo Zweers wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> Don't forget PDF import. And some more!
> See:http://www.pagestream.org/?action=Documents&id=1241

Yeah, forgot that one. It is in the what I call "mixed bag" category. Every now and then I try it out and it sometimes works well enough to be useful. What really matters is your use case:

The import filter doesn't make PageStream a PDF editor, rather it converts the PDF into its own internal representation. It does a pretty good job at that, but that *is* what it does. Consequently text may be broken into pieces, things not translated nicely, etc.

If you have a need to create a new document based on an existing PDF then it may help get over the initial hurdle of importing objects, etc. and leave you with a decent base for completing the work.

I rarely have any work that would qualify for the PgS import use case so it isn't that useful to me.

Tim Doty

>
> Theo
>
> Op 13-2-2012 2:28, David L. Stevens schreef:
> > On 2/12/2012 7:00 PM, farna@att.net wrote:
> >> What are most people using? I couldn't find anything stating the
> >> differences on the website -- which needs updating!! I'm using Firefox
> >> on Mint 12 (Ubuntu based) and the text on some of the pages obviously
> >> stops at the bottom but should continue.
> > PageStream Pro includes add-ons that we used to have to buy separately
> > such as TextFX, Borders, Gary's Effects, etc. I can't help you with your
> > Linus setup as I've only used Amiga and Windows versions.
> >
>
> --
> PageStream Pro 5.0.5.8 on Windows 7 Pro 32 bits (Dutch), Python 2.7.1 and PySide 1.0.5
> AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 215 Processor at 2.70 GHz and 2 GB RAM
>
>

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:03:43 -0600, Tim Doty wrote:

> Hey Theo!

> On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Theo Zweers wrote:

>> Hi all!
>>
>> Don't forget PDF import. And some more!
>> See:http://www.pagestream.org/?action=Documents&id=1241

> Yeah, forgot that one. It is in the what I call "mixed bag" category.
> Every now and then I try it out and it sometimes works well enough to
> be useful. What really matters is your use case:

> The import filter doesn't make PageStream a PDF editor, rather it
> converts the PDF into its own internal representation. It does a pretty
> good job at that, but that *is* what it does. Consequently text may be
> broken into pieces, things not translated nicely, etc.

> If you have a need to create a new document based on an existing PDF
> then it may help get over the initial hurdle of importing objects, etc.
> and leave you with a decent base for completing the work.

> I rarely have any work that would qualify for the PgS import use case
> so it isn't that useful to me.

It's not a tool I use much, but when I *did* need it, it was very nice to
have ;) It worked well enough.

It's also nice because you can import a pdf into an *existing* PGS document,
so you have a mixture. It worked well for me there too.
>>
>> Theo
>>
>> Op 13-2-2012 2:28, David L. Stevens schreef:
>> > On 2/12/2012 7:00 PM, farna@att.net wrote:
>> >> What are most people using? I couldn't find anything stating the
>> >> differences on the website -- which needs updating!! I'm using
>> >> Firefox n Mint 12 (Ubuntu based) and the text on some of the pages
>> >> obviously tops at the bottom but should continue.
>> > PageStream Pro includes add-ons that we used to have to buy
>> > separately uch as TextFX, Borders, Gary's Effects, etc. I can't
>> > help you with your inus setup as I've only used Amiga and Windows
>> > versions. >

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AH-ha!! Something I may have a use for!! converting the PDF to a PGS document rocks! May have to do some editing? Better than recreating the whole thing! I was using PageMaker 6 on a PC, but saved all my documents as PDF files as well as native PM6 files. So I may have some editing, but can pull one of my old documents in and edit it for a template instead of recreating the whole thing from scratch... super! I'll see how well that works... hopefully no big surprises, but if it cuts a bit of work it will be worth it. Thanks Theo and Tim, you made my decision easier.

--- In PageStreamSupport@yahoogroups.com, Tim Doty <thoromyr@...> wrote:
>
> Hey Theo!
>
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Theo Zweers wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Don't forget PDF import. And some more!
> > See:http://www.pagestream.org/?action=Documents&id=1241
>
> Yeah, forgot that one. It is in the what I call "mixed bag" category. Every now and then I try it out and it sometimes works well enough to be useful. What really matters is your use case:
>
> The import filter doesn't make PageStream a PDF editor, rather it converts the PDF into its own internal representation. It does a pretty good job at that, but that *is* what it does. Consequently text may be broken into pieces, things not translated nicely, etc.
>
> If you have a need to create a new document based on an existing PDF then it may help get over the initial hurdle of importing objects, etc. and leave you with a decent base for completing the work.
>
> I rarely have any work that would qualify for the PgS import use case so it isn't that useful to me.
>
> Tim Doty
>
> >
> > Theo
> >
> > Op 13-2-2012 2:28, David L. Stevens schreef:
> > > On 2/12/2012 7:00 PM, farna@... wrote:
> > >> What are most people using? I couldn't find anything stating the
> > >> differences on the website -- which needs updating!! I'm using Firefox
> > >> on Mint 12 (Ubuntu based) and the text on some of the pages obviously
> > >> stops at the bottom but should continue.
> > > PageStream Pro includes add-ons that we used to have to buy separately
> > > such as TextFX, Borders, Gary's Effects, etc. I can't help you with your
> > > Linus setup as I've only used Amiga and Windows versions.
> > >
> >
> > --
> > PageStream Pro 5.0.5.8 on Windows 7 Pro 32 bits (Dutch), Python 2.7.1 and PySide 1.0.5
> > AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 215 Processor at 2.70 GHz and 2 GB RAM
> >
> >
>

On 02/22/2012, farna@att.net wrote:

> AH-ha!! Something I may have a use for!! converting the PDF to a PGS
> document rocks! May have to do some editing? Better than recreating the
> whole thing!

It seemed so to me, too. I have templates, and I have PgS copies of things I
might like to rework, but being able to import PDF would really expand the
potentials.

So I tried. Theo referred to "PDF import." My 5.0.5.8 Pro for Amiga only has
just plain Import so I tried that. PgS seemed to be happy to comply, but
all I got was a rectangle with a big "X" inside. Wondering what I was doing
wrong, I looked at the documentation I could get to from
http://www.pagestream.org/?action=Documents&id=1241 and got this:

"1. Select the Object tool from the Toolbox.
"2. Choose Place Graphic from the File menu.

"Select a file in the Place Graphic file selector. Click Open.

"3. Select the import options.

"The Place Graphic dialog box will appear. The options available will depend
on the type of graphic selected. Click Place to import the graphic."

Object tool, I have. No "Place Graphic" that I can see in the File menu. So
"1." is as far as I can go with these instructions! Was ist los?
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