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jhowell · 01-05-2020, 11:55 AM

I just became aware that Kindle Create has an option to insert chapter start images. I am not certain, but I think that this is new in version 1.34.20, released in December.

This feature allows a hero image to be added to the first page of a chapter that will extend to the left, right and top edges of the screen beyond the normal margins. The normal header is disabled on that page. The image can occupy either the top quarter or top third of the screen.

The image will be automatically cropped to fit different screen aspect ratios at either orientation. The publisher is able to select the most important part of the image so that cropping does not exclude it.

This feature makes use of some of the Illustrated Layout KFX formatting that was originally developed for Kindle in Motion books. As far as I know it can only be produced using Kindle Create. There is no HTML/CSS equivalent.

01-05-2020, 11:55 AM	#1
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,099 Karma: 92190113 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charlottesville, VA Device: Kindles	Hero images for chapters I just became aware that Kindle Create has an option to insert chapter start images. I am not certain, but I think that this is new in version 1.34.20, released in December. This feature allows a hero image to be added to the first page of a chapter that will extend to the left, right and top edges of the screen beyond the normal margins. The normal header is disabled on that page. The image can occupy either the top quarter or top third of the screen. The image will be automatically cropped to fit different screen aspect ratios at either orientation. The publisher is able to select the most important part of the image so that cropping does not exclude it. This feature makes use of some of the Illustrated Layout KFX formatting that was originally developed for Kindle in Motion books. As far as I know it can only be produced using Kindle Create. There is no HTML/CSS equivalent.