I haven't found Scribus intuitive at all either, but if you have to create an image-heavy multi-page publication, I can't see any open source tools that would d

I haven't found Scribus intuitive at all either, but if you have to create an image-heavy multi-page publication, I can't see any open source tools that would do nearly as well. LibreOffice gets sluggish when you add too many images, and sometimes the images start to dance around a bit. Inkscape doesn't do multi-page. With GIMP you'll have to faff too much with image resizing and it's easy to end up with a result in sub-optimal quality (because the editing is destructive), whereas with Scribus you can leave the images in their full-quality, resize/move around and afterwards just export it in the DPI you want when done. Scribus will even warn you if one of your images is in too low resolution, when exporting, which makes it harder to accidentally all the pixels. Scribus is incredibly light on memory (as it is easy to decrease the preview quality of images) and has good tools for alignments and guides (unlike LibreOffice, but similar to Inkscape). Scribus may not be exactly what you need, but if you find yourself fuming at one of the other graphic design tools, it might be time to fire up a Scribus tutorial.