2015-06-24 Did some layout work with Scribus today. For the picture pre- processing I used the Gimp. (I like to keep photo manipulations low, but I thus prefer to remove annoying elements that stand out of otherwise homogenous backgrounds.) Both programs serve me well. btw: In former times, I used Macromedia Fireworks (version 4) a lot. In my eyes, no image manipulation program, I came across since, could really provide the Fireworks experience. http://marmaro.de/lue/ markus schnalke