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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

I’m no layout expert, but I did do some desktop publishing about 15 years ago 10 min in Scribus had me tearing my hair out. Installed InDesign and, while it’s still not easy to catch up on the modern capabilities, it was worlds ahead.

GIMP is just fine for casuals. It’s not close for professionals.

Truthfully I think that one major issue with open source programs that don’t have corporate involvement is that people who are great at code don’t always have the same skill in UI/UX. However, with support and a larger community, great things can happen. The barrier is getting that adoption level. If more people casually use the product and contribute financially or in code, it will help tremendously.

[–] hlmw@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Scribus can't even attach links to text; just static overlays that don't move with the text.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 20 hours ago

I used to do layouts for children’s books back around 2010. The company used pagemaker still. I tried scribus, and the books I did manage to finish produced pdfs not usable by the print shop. I ended up buying a copy of CS5.

Now I use affinity suite, I am still learning it all.