Scribus Video Tutorial - Part 1 - Basic Introduction and Setting Preferences

[@mikewellwood1412]

Even though they are now quite old, and refer to an old version of Scribus, Kevin's series of Scribus videos are still just about the clearest and the best place to start for someone who knows very little about it, and can get you going very quickly. It would be lovely if he was able to come back and make videos covering later versions, but we can be very grateful for these, and that they are still available. Thank you Kevin.

[@KevinPughCM]

That's very kind of you - so few people take the time to say thank you. It really is appreciated. I no longer use Scribus, so won't be making any more. I actually created these for my classes in school. I'm so pleased that they have been useful to many others. ;-)

[@antonsmid4362]

Still after 7.5 years this is a great series of tutorials, actually the best I've found. Thank you very much for making them. They are a great help.

[@williamstapp3882]

Kevin Pugh's tutorials will get you going in Scribus immediately and have you using it effortlessly very quickly. I had gone round and round with the program's documentation and found myself exactly where I had started. After having completed the tutorials, I have been able to make sense of a lot of the software documentation. Scribus is a wonderful program, and to think it's open source. Kevin's excellent work will enable the beginner to get up to speed using this wonderful tool. My sincere thanks to Kevin and my recommendation to others who may have been at sea with Scribus to start with these tutorials. W. A Stapp

[@tamfrager]

I just needed an easy to follow tutorial to get me started with the very basics of Scribus. This was the third one I tried. It was exactly what I was looking for. I'm looking forward to watching your others as I need them. Thanks for making them.

[@KerrisChannel1]

I often use KZbin for quick tutorials for new software I'm experimenting with and I have to say that this video tutorial series is one of the best I've seen. Really, truly AWESOME! Thanks so much for planning it out so thoughtfully. I created a brochure that highlights some of the professional work I do and am actually getting hired for some freelance work because of it. It's been a lifesaver. Really can't thank you enough for creating these!

[@phontanka]

Thank you for this series of Scribus video tutorials! They really got me started with Scribus.

[@maw290]

What a wonderful series of videos. I feel so confidant to use the programme now. Thank you for such clarity and comprehensive information. I am much in your debt.

[@amyfrank7969]

Brilliant - it is so refreshing for you to simply talk things through as basically and simply as possible without trying to be a film star!!! I'm subscribing :)

[@amheuwrfi]

Really useful set of tutorials. Clearly explained and just what my daughter needs.

[@wtstine]

Just downloaded Scribus because I "volunteered" to do newsletter editor duty. Was feeling overwhelmed but the introduction really helped. Thanks!

[@AaronTMartin]

Awesome tutorial on an initially daunting program! This is going to be a huge help for me for a massive document I'm creating for school. Clear, concise, and informative. Many thanks, indeed!

[@ezigbox]

wow, thank you. i really admire your flow with the language, very economical and extremely clear.

[@katepavelle5366]

Hi Kevin, I am amazingly grateful for your instructional videos! This will be enough to indie publish some of my stories, and even POD a book down the line. Since I am usually all thumbs with software, being able to process the information visually as well as aurally is very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to do this!

[@george_fil]

That's how a video tutorial of any program should be. Nice job.

[@landscapes4design]

I just downloaded Scribus and your tutorial was so helpful to get started using the program. I will look for your subsequent tutorials.

[@kathleenfoote8766]

Soooo happy to have found this! It is exactly what I needed. I'm looking forward to the entire series. Bet you didn't expect to have so many viewers so many years after creating the original video. The new Scribus is a little different from the one you are using but your instructions are very intuitive, as is Scribus (lucky for me).

[@dmon0007]

Fantastic! I'm just getting ready to start using Scribus and this was a perfect introduction. I look forward to viewing further lessons.

[@AstridWeittenhiller]

Thanks a lot for your videos! Now I feel a lot more comfortable with Scribus. So glad ther is someone showing me how to work with this great tool!

[@martinjohncameron]

This is exactly what I needed to set up. I especially like the tip about making the grid even. It is so frustrating trying to balance items when the grid is impossible to judge. Thank you so much.

[@send2gokul]

Thank you very much. No words to describe the wonderful tutorial. Less than 10 mins and I learn so many valuable stuff. I now feel confident to quit MS Publisher.

[@koposz]

Hey mate, thanks for your work! Like how you're doing it. Calm, no blabla, understandable. Besides that: great accent! (c: Looking forward to seeing the rest of it. Regards from Berlin: koposz

[@ExploreIndianRiver]

I'm just getting started learning to use Scribus. Thanks so much for this video. I'm looking forward to viewing your others.

[@jaworskij]

+Explore IndianRiver , I've been playing around with Scribus since 2005. Version 1.5.x betas (leading to 1.6 GA) have added a tonne of new features and the UI looks a bit more polished.

[@joelhuebner]

This helps a lot, The tricks of this tool, I've been using page layout tools for a long time, this one is at the top. Thank you for showing me around. I'm looking forward to watching the whole set! JLH

[@UncleGinno]

Thank you for the tutorials, very easy to follow and extremely helpful. Please do some more. I'd like to know how to manipulate colors particularly.

[@mauramcfall9289]

Really struggling to produce a newsletter for our patient group - using Word so I'm hoping Scribus will be the answer to my problems. Enjoyed the first tutorial....now on to the next one. Thanks for easy listening tutorial and talking in terms a complete novice can understand.

[@keilacalles9640]

Good explanation! Thank you guys, our planet need people like you! I really appreciate your work. This video is very useful .......☻

[@beintelegant]

Thanks Kevin - I'm moviing from Mac where Pages is so easy and second nature to me - you're makiing the learning curve a little easier!

[@heppmanns]

thank you for explaining the settings. Its much better to work with after I did the tweaks as you suggested.

[@hazemali5799]

Very nice video, Start always from the basics is the best way to learn! good Job!

[@HillEquine]

Thank you! It was very useful. I'm transitioning from Windows and learning a lot of new programs. I appreciate your video!

[@LavenderRain24]

Great starters lesson. As I was watching this I realised just how similar the functions are to Adobe InDesign as that's what I used in a course to create a booklet and I'm wanting to create a poetry book with illustrations so this sounds like the perfect set of lessons to learn that from. I've never ever used Scribus before so this is a nice easy to follow video for a complete beginner.

[@malikjunaid1]

Great tutorial, Thanks for the good work. Keep posting more nice videos.

[@Julie_b33]

Thanks I'm just starting and this was very useful, you covered some valuable basics such as frames and how to carry on text in a new frame.

[@cathiebarker8696]

VERY helpful tutorial. Thank you. I'll look for your others.

[@afterburner94]

Solid introduction, many thanks Kevin!

[@johnkim96]

A great intro! To reinforce what I learned, I would also read the Scribus wiki.

[@christinewittmer5022]

Thanks Kevin, you got me started :-) Looking forward to more lessons.

[@MAVENdeNYC]

Great video. I learn how text wrap works and flow text into another frame from this video.

[@LilithOhan]

I just published my first card......thank you! I am a visual person and this was perfect.

[@hawoding]

Thanks for wonderful intro to scribus. It's been helpful

[@KevinPughCM]

If you found this video useful please leave feedback and give it a thumbs up! It would be nice to know what you think...

[@zak8953]

Very nice and succinct Scribus tutorial. Thank you very much!

[@Ariane2655]

Great tutorial, really helpfull for a starter, though, in the beginning I had some trouble finding things in the newest version of scribus. But it gave me a good basic insight how some things work. Thanks for your efforts.

[@santabarbaralemon]

Spot colors are solid pigmented colors as opposed to process colors, which are CMYK. RGB colors are screen colors. The first two are pigmented, and viewed from reflected light. The latter is projected, as with an LCD computer monitor.

[@releyt]

I think it is brilliant as well! Many thanks for sharing with us.

[@aneeshksh]

Thank you Kevin! Very nice and helpful video

[@blouzyification]

thanks a lot for your brilliant intro to scribus !

[@trevorprice9704]

Very useful for a novice like me. Thanks Kevin.

[@ErikaFGW]

Thank you so much! You have a great way of explaining it so that even I understand it! :)

[@AzureOctive]

:D incredibly useful, that flow tool is -exactly- what I was looking for! No more fooling around with photoshop for me!!

[@donsmith3477]

Thanks so much for this! I just downloaded Scribus this weekend and needed to learn how to use it. I noticed that I think updates have been made to the program...like I do not see a "fit text" around image button. But still I learned a lot!! Thanks!

[@oliverpedersen1061]

You actually sat down at 6:30 AM on a sunday morning to record this? wow...

[@MikeAdorff]

First class tutorial! Thank you very much!

[@LaurentiuStefan76]

Proces colors are CMYK. Spot colors are extra (Red, Blue, Green, Orange) for printing in printing offices whith printing machines whith 5-6 colors.

[@Redartvideo]

Spot Colours refer to Colour Books such as Pantone etc.

[@MrWiltshiresaint]

Really useful video, thanks very much Kevin!

[@gjvkhyd]

Thank you Kevin, that was very helpful!

[@annlie2159]

Very clear approach. Thanks.

[@JRicardoMejiaS]

Thanks Kevin really useful video for Scribus users... Tx.

[@Merrybandoruffians]

your voice is so clear and lovely--you sound like you should be on the BBC! lol

[@raymondedwards7063]

Dear kevin Your videos are very good, however I have one problem and that going into properties. sample text is up and a picture imported. When I go into "text around the frame" ( which looks different to yours) nothing works. I have disabled on the first and the last one is greyed out. Am I doing something wrong?

[@sixtiksix]

Great voice, great instruction

[@Lenduya]

Hi, I'm trying to do a magazine with Scribus. One thing I haven't understood yet is how to create new pages. When I create a new project I have a page, that's ok. But when I'm done, what next?

[@tomrh126]

Hi. I am looking at converting my old pc from win xp to linux and was tring to find a desk top publishing programm for linux. thank you.

[@realmichaelteo]

Hi Kevin, i'm trying to follow the instructions in your vid, but when i try to change the grid spacing to 30mm and 6mm, Scribus keeps defaulting to to 85.039 mm and 17.008 mm. If i use the up/down arrows, it will leave a decimal place (i.e. 30.039 mm and 6.008 mm). Any ideas why it is doing this?

[@fredberri7225]

Kevin, thank you for your videos. However, I am in the US and use inches to begin. So, I am unable to follow along with-I have exhausted my search for an in-depth step by step tutorial for Scribus 1.5.8 version. Any suggestions? It is impossible to reach anyone at Scribus.

[@cristinapalomeque]

Thank you! It's a really useful tutorial!

[@carlaaraujo4341]

Great tutorial! Thanks a lot!

[@Cradley684]

How do you make the toolbar icons in Scribus Larger, they are so small.Brian, West Mids.

[@fleurettesdoshier628]

So I am just looking into Scribus. I have my book's information in a word document. Do I just copy past into Scribus or can you just start typing in Scribus?

[@sandrasteinmetz8452]

Very Good Tutorial!!

[@Brahmoham]

Very well done indeed - Thanks!

[@SiIkyJohnson]

I love your voice! Also, this was very useful thank you.

[@christopherpavlou5178]

Got stuck at propeties Kevin, the shape button is unclickable, any advise Kevin ?

[@jaworskij]

Kevin Pugh, the beta for 1.5.x (pre 1.6) is out now. There are a lot of new features. I like your way of teaching Scibus. Maybe look into the new versions and add new tutorials.

[@brynjatomer8829]

Thank you! Very useful.

[@lammascot]

This is grrreat, Kevin! I'm an old PageMaker user and now on Linux, so getting started on Scribus is taxing my old grey cells a bit! I have the manual (!) and another 'tutorial' which haven't helped me very much, so your Tutorial is a great find. I'd like to download your tutorials but can't see how to do it. Can you advise me please? BTW Brian Donovan put me on to your tutorial.

[@smallhomeideas]

Well done!

[@johnkim96]

I thought I would never understand the program until i watched this tutorial.

[@chardon59803]

Well done, thank you.

[@Karstenaa]

Great Kevin! Thanks!

[@NorthCentriCity]

anyone can point me to a video that goes step by step how to create book covers and spine with Scribus? i have to get this done for the printing company and my deadline is coming up fast

[@gollopini]

Very helpful. Thanks

[@moviemagichub3]

excellent videos i love them great job very helpfull one question it would be great if you can do a video on how to change the background picture is that possible instead of white background

[@ikompas001]

Good tutorial, thanks

[@oOJpegOo]

Thank you, it helped me a lot :)

[@antcoughlin]

Thanks for the help!

[@Laviniafralenuvole]

Thank you very much!

[@ChipAltmanxD]

Thanks Kevin.

[@therainbow9576]

why does it say that i need ghostscript?

[@AnitaLife27]

Oops...Spot Colors are a single ink, designated e.g. as "PMS 185". Process Colors are composed of varying percentages of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow & Black. These are both press terms. The reason to convert from Spot to Process is to save money when using traditional printing. NOTHING to do w RGB Digital printing throws out some of these issues, however it's best to check with your service bureau for their set up needs. RGB is for screens, mobile devices, TV, etc. Other than that, thanks for the vid!

[@maria_isabel_9]

Obrigado!

[@JavierSam_Uy]

Thanks for your work. I guess you've made a mistake when explaining spot colors and process colors. They are related with commercial printing and aren't related with RGB. Regards,

[@realmichaelteo]

It's ok, i just quit and reopened Scribus and it works fine...

[@erikdailly]

You're absolutely WRONG about spot colors and process colors! The former are specific INK colors like Pantone (17-1463 is a bright red-orange, for instance). Process color are CMYK: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (k='key'), used to produce all possible colors in a four step printing process, also using INK. This is called subtractive color mixing. RGB on the other hand, is mixing red, green and blue LIGHT, and is NOT used in printing, but in screen display. It's called additive color mixing. I don't know if I can trust you on other things you'll tell me in this tutorial...

[@OmarGatlato2]

Thank you for the technical precision. However a bit of kindness and recognition for Kevin's effort, from your side, would be really nice... let's shoot for a nicer world, even online!

[@riskyfajaria3041]

Boke