Scribus

With this blog I'm going to show you the basics of Scribus, the desktop publishing program, by answering to basic questions and by putting a link to a website explaining Scribus.




1- What is a "page layout" program? Name 3 differences from ordinary word processors.


A "page layout" program, also know as desktop publishing programs, are programs in which you can arrange images and text in the way you want it, such as in a magazine or a newspaper. 3 differences with ordinary word processors would be that you can arrange text and images as you wish, you can create neat new fonts and you can create interactive PDF forms and presentation documents.

2- How do Web and Printed picture formats differ?


The difference is that in the Web you see the images better even though they have less resolution than the printed photos, so for example, if the Web images have 90DPI then to have a similar quality of image in printed version, you would have to print in 250DPI.

3- Why should you use a word processor before you actually work on the page layout?


Because it's easier to write on a word processor and you can check your grammar in it, so once everything is correct, you can copy and paste it in Scribus.

4- What is the difference between vector and bitmap images?


Bitmap Images are formed of dots or pixels and are taken from digital cameras, while vector images are images which don't have dots, but that have coordinates which tell you where to draw the line, therefore the drawing will be more precise and have more quality in Scribus.

5- What does PDF mean and why is it useful?


PDF means "portable document format" and it's useful, especially in Scribus, because it lets you copy and paste images, or text, in a very good quality.


And this is the basics of Scribus. Want to know more? Here's the link: 


http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=about2

Desktop Publishing

Have you ever had difficulty to add images in word to make it a magazine-type document? Well then I'm going to introduce to you a new way of combining text and images with DESKTOP PUBLISHERS.


Maybe you're reading this and saying "Now what the hell is a desktop publisher?". This blog is going to talk about desktop publisher.


Let's start with the basics of a desktop publisher. What is desktop publishing? Well desktop publishing is the using of a personal computer to create high quality printed documents, such as documents we would see in most magazines. You can arrange the margins you want, mix text and images in all the ways you wish to and see how the document will appear when printed.

Some desktop publishers? Among the best desktop publishers or the best know, we'll find Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Publisher; Scribus  and QuarkXpress. I personally recommend Scribus since it's powerful and it's open source so you can have it for free.

Now that's is all you need to know about desktop publishers, now you can start to create magazine-type documents with ease.

History of Blogging

Most of us, mainly those of us who have an understanding of the internet, now think of a blog as a site where you can post whatever you want, ideas, funny entries, etc. and create this posts for people to read and express their opinion. However, there are many people who don't know the origins of blogging, and that's what I'm going to talk about in this entry.

Blogging started way before the internet existed, to those days when people wrote personal diaries, chronicles or other things that would amuse people. Obviously, in those days they couldn't imagine that those things that they wrote could make people create the large web of blogs we know nowadays.

In present times, the internet is full of blogs, and different sites to create them. Some sites include blogger, which is the site I'm presently using. What has made blogging so popular is the simplicity of making a blog. It's just so easy. You just need to create an account and then start to create blogs. People can express opinion without being afraid of being persecuted, as the would've been afraid earlier in time.

In conclusion, blogging started way before the internet existed, but now with the internet, blogging has become very popular due to its simplicity and because you can tell the world whatever you can want to tell them.

My summer vacations

This summer was probably the best summer in my whole life, and it wasn't particularly based on the places I went and the weather, but on the friends I had. 

The view of Chpiona's beach at sunset

My summer started one day before school ended, with a long trip to Chipiona, a small town in Cadiz. Even with 10 hours of car travel, the trip was more than worthy and I'm willing to next year as well.

As its usual in my 14 years of life, we went back to Laredo, the place where I've spent my whole life during summer. There I've done what is usual and what I most like. Be with my friends, play tennis, and a lot of other stuff which I hadn't done before, like surfing.

The view from the ferry of the Isle of Wight

After 3 weeks in Laredo, I went to Great Britain, more precisely to the Isle of Wight in the south of England. I spent there two weeks and it was absolutely amazing. I did all kinds of things that I didn't do before, such as water skiing wakeboarding and many other things. I made lots of new friends, from many parts of the world, and I'm trying to convince my parents to go next year as well.

Then, for a change, I went back to Laredo, and just spent one week there, because I then went to Paris.

Another long trip, about 9 hours without counting the amount of time spent in the stops, but again, it was worthy going. We visited almost al of Paris in just four days. I walked what I had never walked, but I won't forget what I saw. The Eiffel Tower, during the day and at night, as well as going to the top of it, the Louvre, the Champs Elysses, and a whole lot of things from which I would make an unending list.

I went back to Laredo to pass the rest of my vacations until school started, and probably had the best time of the summer there, not doing anything special, just hanging out with my friends, laughing and enjoying that we didn't have school. I, however, did something that I really enjoyed, which was called Banana Boating, which I had already done in the Isle of Wight. It is just so awesome. I really recommend anyone to try it.

However, the summer doesn't last forever, and school had to come some day, so after a lot of sadness and mainly laziness, school started.