Full page images?

niki_johnson8 · 01-26-2015, 11:37 PM

I hope this is in the right forum. I'm trying to add photos to my book using Calibre. At the moment, when I add photos (they are 500x800 when I add them to the document) the photos shrink to about 1/4 of the screen.

I'd like my photos to take up the entire screen, so on one page you'll have a page full of text, flip the page and have a full-page photo, flip the page and have text again (hopefully that makes sense).

I don't know a lot about HTML code, but I've had a go with a few codes with no luck. Does anyone know of a tried-and-true code or method to get my photos to take up the whole page?

***I don't know if you need to know this, but I use Microsoft Word, export as a web, filtered document, and import into Calibre before converting the file to an epub file. I view the books on a Samsung Galaxy with the "Play Books" app.

eschwartz · 01-27-2015, 12:18 AM

The editor can directly import DOCX, which will give cleaner results by using the builtin DOCX conversion input plugin. Also when opening DOCX as a new book the CSS is not flattened unlike conversion.

Regarding the image, try putting it in its own file in an SVG wrapper modeled after the ones which usually wrap a coverpage.

BetterRed · 01-27-2015, 01:41 AM

@niki_johnson8 - Also see this ==>> How can I fix Microsoft Word 2007 to stop automatically resizing

BR

niki_johnson8 · 01-27-2015, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

The editor can directly import DOCX, which will give cleaner results by using the builtin DOCX conversion input plugin. Also when opening DOCX as a new book the CSS is not flattened unlike conversion.

Regarding the image, try putting it in its own file in an SVG wrapper modeled after the ones which usually wrap a coverpage.

I'm really sorry, but none of this made sense to me.

What is CSS and how do you make an SVG wrapper?

eschwartz · 01-27-2015, 05:41 PM

EPub Tutorial <-- A must-read

Learn all about HTML and CSS, at least the subset necessary for ebooks.

SVG wrappers are a way of scaling other images to fit a space, see the coverpage that Sigil or calibre can automatically generate, for an example usage.

niki_johnson8 · 01-31-2015, 01:06 PM

Thanks. I'll give those a try!

01-26-2015, 11:37 PM	#1
niki_johnson8 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Android	Full page images? I hope this is in the right forum. I'm trying to add photos to my book using Calibre. At the moment, when I add photos (they are 500x800 when I add them to the document) the photos shrink to about 1/4 of the screen. I'd like my photos to take up the entire screen, so on one page you'll have a page full of text, flip the page and have a full-page photo, flip the page and have text again (hopefully that makes sense). I don't know a lot about HTML code, but I've had a go with a few codes with no luck. Does anyone know of a tried-and-true code or method to get my photos to take up the whole page? ***I don't know if you need to know this, but I use Microsoft Word, export as a web, filtered document, and import into Calibre before converting the file to an epub file. I view the books on a Samsung Galaxy with the "Play Books" app.

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01-27-2015, 12:18 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	The editor can directly import DOCX, which will give cleaner results by using the builtin DOCX conversion input plugin. Also when opening DOCX as a new book the CSS is not flattened unlike conversion. Regarding the image, try putting it in its own file in an SVG wrapper modeled after the ones which usually wrap a coverpage.

01-27-2015, 01:41 AM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,572 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@niki_johnson8 - Also see this ==>> How can I fix Microsoft Word 2007 to stop automatically resizing BR

01-27-2015, 05:41 PM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	EPub Tutorial <-- A must-read Learn all about HTML and CSS, at least the subset necessary for ebooks. SVG wrappers are a way of scaling other images to fit a space, see the coverpage that Sigil or calibre can automatically generate, for an example usage.

01-31-2015, 01:06 PM	#6
niki_johnson8 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Android	Thanks. I'll give those a try!