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SteveMB · 01-05-2012, 01:08 PM

I found a workaround for the occasional-bad-JPEG problem:

1. Save the source document in a format that files the images in an accessible directory (e.g. HTML). (Obviously, you can skip this if you're converting to filtered-HTML anyway during ePub creation.)

2. Run the directory through a batch picture resizer (I use Picture Resizer -- http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize), set to output 100% original size at an image quality no worse than the pictures are already. (Alternately, cranking down the quality a bit, within acceptable limits, can be done if you want to shrink your final filesize a bit.) Replace the images in the HTML directory with the output (Picture Resizer can be set to simply overwrite them directly).

3. Re-save in your preferred format (or go ahead to building the ePub from the HTML version).

As I said, it's a workaround; hopefully whatever problem is causing Mantano to choke on the occasion JPEG will be fixed at some point.

01-05-2012, 01:08 PM	#683
SteveMB Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Toshiba Thrive (Honeycomb Tablet); Touch Pro 2 (WinMo Phone)	I found a workaround for the occasional-bad-JPEG problem: 1. Save the source document in a format that files the images in an accessible directory (e.g. HTML). (Obviously, you can skip this if you're converting to filtered-HTML anyway during ePub creation.) 2. Run the directory through a batch picture resizer (I use Picture Resizer -- http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize), set to output 100% original size at an image quality no worse than the pictures are already. (Alternately, cranking down the quality a bit, within acceptable limits, can be done if you want to shrink your final filesize a bit.) Replace the images in the HTML directory with the output (Picture Resizer can be set to simply overwrite them directly). 3. Re-save in your preferred format (or go ahead to building the ePub from the HTML version). As I said, it's a workaround; hopefully whatever problem is causing Mantano to choke on the occasion JPEG will be fixed at some point.