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Dyspeptica · 02-05-2016, 12:31 PM

KiwiDude has done an amazing job with this plugin, But there are many requests which the plugin just cannot handle. It is not designed for that, nor is calibre set up to allow it.

Using the 'convert' program from the ImageMagick suite can give complete control over EVERY aspect of a cover image. But you build that image OUTSIDE calibre and import the finished image only when creating your book.

You can create different sized images for different e-readers (but they really should be named differently).

I set out how to do this at post #440 (Page 30). I posted previously about this on page 23. Under Linux, it can all be done by script. I use scripts to create upwards of 14,000 distinct book cover images, and calibre does the rest.

If anyone needs some help to do this, post here and I will attempt to help. Note that I do not run windows and I know nothing about using scripts in windows. The scripts I use will run under Linux, and should run in a command window under MAC OS, but I have no idea about bat files.

02-05-2016, 12:31 PM	#554
Dyspeptica Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: iPad	Going beyond the Plugin KiwiDude has done an amazing job with this plugin, But there are many requests which the plugin just cannot handle. It is not designed for that, nor is calibre set up to allow it. Using the 'convert' program from the ImageMagick suite can give complete control over EVERY aspect of a cover image. But you build that image OUTSIDE calibre and import the finished image only when creating your book. You can create different sized images for different e-readers (but they really should be named differently). I set out how to do this at post #440 (Page 30). I posted previously about this on page 23. Under Linux, it can all be done by script. I use scripts to create upwards of 14,000 distinct book cover images, and calibre does the rest. If anyone needs some help to do this, post here and I will attempt to help. Note that I do not run windows and I know nothing about using scripts in windows. The scripts I use will run under Linux, and should run in a command window under MAC OS, but I have no idea about bat files.