Scribus Tutorial - Probably the most extensive one you will find on Youtube.
Hello! This was made for my high school, and was not intended for such a large audience. However, I am overjoyed that this has been beneficial to so many! If you have trouble hearing because of the music, I have also included CC subtitles if that's helpful. God bless you all!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Intro
Tools
0:34 Text Frames (Font, Size, Line Spacing, Color, etc.)
4:42 Image Frames (Find Image, Scale and Position w/in Frame, Align)
8:11 Shapes (Fill/Outline Color, Gradient, Line Width)
10:00 Polygon Tool (Sides, Rotation, Star, Curvature)
10:28 Line/Bezier/FreeHand (Drawing Lines and Curves)
11:31 Zoom (3 Ways)
Interface Tricks
12:07 Levels/Layers/Outline (Overlapping Shapes, Organizing Content, Layer Indicators, Multiple Select)
14:49 Opacity/Blend Modes (Transparency Settings)
16:22 Duplicate (ctrl + d)
16:54 Mirror/Flip (Horizontal/Vertical/Both)
17:20 Positioning (Lock, Size Lock, Basepoint, Rotation, Scale, Translation)
Text Tricks
19:35 Text Wrap (SetUp, Text Flow Options, Arrow Keys Moving, Contour Line)
23:15 Text Along Path (Attach to Path, "Path Text Properties" Dropdown Window, Detach)
Shape Tricks
25:45 Align & Distribute (Relative To. . . , Moving/Resizing, Equal Distance, Custom Distance)
29:12 Path Operations (Add, Subtract, Overlaps, etc. , Keep Shapes, Swap Shapes, Inherit Color)
31:03 Text Along Path (Attach to Path, "Path Text Properties" Dropdown Window, Detach)
Image Tricks
31:39 Convert Polygon to Image (Using Right Click - Convert To)
32:19 Convert Text to Image (LOTS of Right Clicks, Converting, Ungrouping, Combine Polygons, Whole Image, Image In Individual Letters)
34:30 Convert Path to Image (Terrible Path Tool, Editing Path)
Vector Tricks
36:11 Adding Vectors (Vector Programs, Licensing, Importing, Placing, Convert to Image)
Collecting for Output & Saving
38:34 Collect for Output (Folder Directory, Naming File, Include Fonts, Include Color Profiles)
39:33 Viewing the Output Folder (Notice the Images, Fonts, & Colors, Open the .SLA file to Go Back)
Additional tips:
~Please feel free to use "Save" or ctrl + s AFTER you have collected for output. Collect for output again every time you add new images or fonts.
~You can adjust a value box simply by hovering over it with your mouse and scrolling as you see in the video.
~ In the image tab, there is also an "Image Effects" button that might come in handy.
~The three most important windows in the window tab (For me at least) are Properties, Align and Distribute, & Outline
~ Solid color SVG vectors work best in Scribus (from my experience at least). I was able to create my own SVG's using Adobe Illustrator and GIMP.
Please leave a comment if you have any questions. :)