PRS-500 Manga2Ebook, initial release. Convert your manga/comics-archive to PDF (.net2.0) - Page 3

athlonkmf · 12-11-2007, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SupraS15

ok, I have a quick question about all of this... I can convert everything fine from my archives > PDF > lrf... now when I put it all on my Sony PRS505 reader the books just seem so large (one volume can have over 200 pages). Now, each volume of manga has many chapters within it (10 chapters or so). Is there any way for me to get a table of contents in there?? Ideally, I'd like to have Volume 1 as a whole book and Chapters 1-xx as chapters that i can navigate to with a table of contents... How can I get a table of contents in there to navigate the chapters easier??

Use rasterfarian, it's my recommended combo with manga2ebook.
you'll get a nice TOC then.
http://hightech.afmag.net/using-rast...r-a-howto.html
http://hightech.afmag.net/rasterfari...sion-here.html

Twan · 12-23-2007, 10:01 PM

First of all I'd like to thank you for creating this wonderful program. However I do have a little query.

I usually have autorotate landscape on, but have noticed that some of the rotated landscape pics have the top and bottom cut off. I presume this is because of the aspect ratio of these landscape pics and that I have "resize based on portrait". I guess "resize based on landscape" would sort this out but would probably lead to my portrait pics being cropped instead. Is there a way to prevent cropping of these landscape pics whilst keeping the original aspect ratio.

Er... I hope you understand what I'm trying to say as I don't think I've explained myself too well.

Thanks!

athlonkmf · 04-04-2008, 04:25 PM

A new version of manga2ebook has been released:
http://kmfstudio.com/another_version...nga2ebook.html
Added:
Increased speed.
Added unsharp mask option. This will create a sharper image which result in sharper contrast when pulled through rasterfarian
Added a “clear” option to quickly clear the filename.

Added features, but not fully tested:
Added crop option. Just type in the pixels you want to cut off the 4 sides of the image. Useful in conjunction with split.
Possible to split images into two. Useful for archives which has 2pages in one.

DasFool · 04-05-2008, 08:42 AM

I've installed and played with the new version. I like it. One thing that threw me off initially was that it doesn't display the page number it's currently working on, and I thought the program had frozen. Thankfully I browsed through the directories and saw that it was creating images so I left it alone while it did its thing. Perhaps you could add a more obvious indication that it's still working so people know to not force close it. If a page display isn't simple, maybe a percentage done would be better, like:

[55% complete]

or something like that.

Secondly, I tried the split function and I think it does what it's supposed to, but not what I thought it was going to. Sometimes a normal manga will have an image that spans two pages, but the rest of the book is normally page by page. I thought this function might intelligently split files that were much wider (nearly twice the width of a normal image in the collection) into 2 pages.

P.S. Small help tooltips when hovering over different options would add a nice finish to your project

*You still need Imagemagick installed in order to use this software.

delphidb96 · 05-24-2008, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athlonkmf

A new version of manga2ebook has been released:
http://kmfstudio.com/another_version...nga2ebook.html
Added:
Increased speed.
Added unsharp mask option. This will create a sharper image which result in sharper contrast when pulled through rasterfarian
Added a “clear” option to quickly clear the filename.

Added features, but not fully tested:
Added crop option. Just type in the pixels you want to cut off the 4 sides of the image. Useful in conjunction with split.
Possible to split images into two. Useful for archives which has 2pages in one.

I note that I'm having problems with accessing this page. Says there are database connection issues.

Derek

wonderboy · 07-26-2008, 07:17 PM

I love the idea of this program, and its execution seems to be perfect except for one problem. No matter how I try to convert my .cbz/.cbr files the pages are never in the right order. They view just fine in both Comic Rack and Cdisplay, but Manga2Ebook jumbles them up. It seems like the program is not using the file name to sort but some other field, maybe the modified date/time? Is there some way to make this sorting ability user specified. One other item, is it possible to make individual .pdf's for each .cbz/.cbr instead of just one large .pdf of all .cbz/.cbr files in a directory?

athlonkmf · 07-27-2008, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wonderboy

I love the idea of this program, and its execution seems to be perfect except for one problem. No matter how I try to convert my .cbz/.cbr files the pages are never in the right order. They view just fine in both Comic Rack and Cdisplay, but Manga2Ebook jumbles them up. It seems like the program is not using the file name to sort but some other field, maybe the modified date/time? Is there some way to make this sorting ability user specified. One other item, is it possible to make individual .pdf's for each .cbz/.cbr instead of just one large .pdf of all .cbz/.cbr files in a directory?

The program sorts the pages in the order of archive/foldername->filename. Are the files named correctly. IE 01.jpg to 10.jpg and not 1.jpg (missing 1 padding)

It is meant to batch process volumes of material.
At this moment it can't do individual pdfs

wonderboy · 07-27-2008, 10:14 AM

Thanks for the response. I am pretty sure that the file names are correct. I will check that.

wonderboy · 07-29-2008, 11:22 AM

Unfortunately, my file names are named correctly (01, 02, 03, etc). It still is unable to sort the pages correctly. I really like the batch function, but JE Comics seems to work much better in keeping the pages in order.

psychowood · 03-21-2009, 06:52 PM

athlonkmf, any plans on releasing the sources of Manga2Ebook?

forkyfork · 05-20-2009, 05:43 PM

If I have a series of comic book images, is there anyway to use this program to combine them into one long image file?

For instance, if I have comic pages 1-4, the image would look like this:

---
|1|
|2|
|3|
|4|
---

I'd also like to rotate this long image file if I could, but it's not necessary.

Evi1d33d · 05-25-2009, 05:18 PM

I found out that .pdf page flip is a lot slower than .lrf format.

psychowood · 05-29-2009, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evi1d33d

I found out that .pdf page flip is a lot slower than .lrf format.

That's why you should feed the Manga2eBook generated pdf to Rasterfarian

JoshuaH · 08-30-2009, 02:05 PM

Has anyone got manga2ebook to work under windows 7 x64? I am forced to use the xp virtual pc. Any ideas?

oozaru · 08-27-2010, 04:58 AM

http://help.oozaru.ch/

check this out easy way how to get mangas on your e reader in 4 easy steps on every windows.

What are the main Functions of this Tutorial?

- Split any image file with two page on it into 2 separate files.

- Sort it from left to right.

- Make them better Visible by Sharpening the files and set the right setting for the Contrast.

- Convert them into a PDF which will fit to you Reader (600x800px)

12-23-2007, 10:01 PM	#32
Twan Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	First of all I'd like to thank you for creating this wonderful program. However I do have a little query. I usually have autorotate landscape on, but have noticed that some of the rotated landscape pics have the top and bottom cut off. I presume this is because of the aspect ratio of these landscape pics and that I have "resize based on portrait". I guess "resize based on landscape" would sort this out but would probably lead to my portrait pics being cropped instead. Is there a way to prevent cropping of these landscape pics whilst keeping the original aspect ratio. Er... I hope you understand what I'm trying to say as I don't think I've explained myself too well. Thanks! Last edited by Twan; 12-23-2007 at 10:31 PM.

04-05-2008, 08:42 AM	#34
DasFool Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony PRS-505; Kindle DXG	I've installed and played with the new version. I like it. One thing that threw me off initially was that it doesn't display the page number it's currently working on, and I thought the program had frozen. Thankfully I browsed through the directories and saw that it was creating images so I left it alone while it did its thing. Perhaps you could add a more obvious indication that it's still working so people know to not force close it. If a page display isn't simple, maybe a percentage done would be better, like: [55% complete] or something like that. Secondly, I tried the split function and I think it does what it's supposed to, but not what I thought it was going to. Sometimes a normal manga will have an image that spans two pages, but the rest of the book is normally page by page. I thought this function might intelligently split files that were much wider (nearly twice the width of a normal image in the collection) into 2 pages. P.S. Small help tooltips when hovering over different options would add a nice finish to your project You still need Imagemagick installed in order to use this software. Last edited by DasFool; 04-07-2008 at 04:59 PM. Reason: Added note about Imagemagick*

07-26-2008, 07:17 PM	#36
wonderboy Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bossier City, LA Device: Cybook Gen 3, Smart Q7, iPod Touch, Blackberry 8820	Having problems with Manga2Ebook v1.0.3 I love the idea of this program, and its execution seems to be perfect except for one problem. No matter how I try to convert my .cbz/.cbr files the pages are never in the right order. They view just fine in both Comic Rack and Cdisplay, but Manga2Ebook jumbles them up. It seems like the program is not using the file name to sort but some other field, maybe the modified date/time? Is there some way to make this sorting ability user specified. One other item, is it possible to make individual .pdf's for each .cbz/.cbr instead of just one large .pdf of all .cbz/.cbr files in a directory?

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04-04-2008, 04:25 PM	#33
athlonkmf Guru Posts: 714 Karma: 1014039 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500, Sony PRS-505, Kindle 3, Sony PRS350, iPad 64GB	A new version of manga2ebook has been released: http://kmfstudio.com/another_version...nga2ebook.html Added: Increased speed. Added unsharp mask option. This will create a sharper image which result in sharper contrast when pulled through rasterfarian Added a “clear” option to quickly clear the filename. Added features, but not fully tested: Added crop option. Just type in the pixels you want to cut off the 4 sides of the image. Useful in conjunction with split. Possible to split images into two. Useful for archives which has 2pages in one.

07-27-2008, 10:14 AM	#38
wonderboy Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bossier City, LA Device: Cybook Gen 3, Smart Q7, iPod Touch, Blackberry 8820	Thanks for the response. I am pretty sure that the file names are correct. I will check that.

07-29-2008, 11:22 AM	#39
wonderboy Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bossier City, LA Device: Cybook Gen 3, Smart Q7, iPod Touch, Blackberry 8820	Unfortunately, my file names are named correctly (01, 02, 03, etc). It still is unable to sort the pages correctly. I really like the batch function, but JE Comics seems to work much better in keeping the pages in order.

03-21-2009, 06:52 PM	#40
psychowood Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 21388 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Likebook Mars	athlonkmf, any plans on releasing the sources of Manga2Ebook?

05-20-2009, 05:43 PM	#41
forkyfork Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 1664 Join Date: May 2009 Device: It's a long story ;)	If I have a series of comic book images, is there anyway to use this program to combine them into one long image file? For instance, if I have comic pages 1-4, the image would look like this: --- \|1\| \|2\| \|3\| \|4\| --- I'd also like to rotate this long image file if I could, but it's not necessary.

05-25-2009, 05:18 PM	#42
Evi1d33d Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Red PRS-505	I found out that .pdf page flip is a lot slower than .lrf format.

08-30-2009, 02:05 PM	#44
JoshuaH Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony prs-505	Has anyone got manga2ebook to work under windows 7 x64? I am forced to use the xp virtual pc. Any ideas?

08-27-2010, 04:58 AM	#45
oozaru Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: PRS-600	http://help.oozaru.ch/ check this out easy way how to get mangas on your e reader in 4 easy steps on every windows. What are the main Functions of this Tutorial? - Split any image file with two page on it into 2 separate files. - Sort it from left to right. - Make them better Visible by Sharpening the files and set the right setting for the Contrast. - Convert them into a PDF which will fit to you Reader (600x800px)

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