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tmb7774 · 04-25-2022, 08:21 PM

Hi…

I've just started using Calibre (Mac version 3.48.0, the newest one I can run), and while it seems to be doing mostly what I want, I'm running into a problem with image quality.

I'm starting from a Word document (DOCX), converting to EPUB. I add in the book cover from a separate, high quality JPG. There is also one illustration within the Word doc. When I open the EPUB, either in Calibre's viewer or another one, the text looks fine, but the cover image and illustration are slightly pixelated and distorted, like they've been badly compressed. I can even see this in the illustration within Calibre when I'm editing the Table of Contents; it already looks pixelated in there.

Is there some setting I'm missing, something I could be doing wrong?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

04-25-2022, 08:21 PM	#1
tmb7774 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2022 Device: Kindle Fire	Poor image quality when converting to EPUB Hi… I've just started using Calibre (Mac version 3.48.0, the newest one I can run), and while it seems to be doing mostly what I want, I'm running into a problem with image quality. I'm starting from a Word document (DOCX), converting to EPUB. I add in the book cover from a separate, high quality JPG. There is also one illustration within the Word doc. When I open the EPUB, either in Calibre's viewer or another one, the text looks fine, but the cover image and illustration are slightly pixelated and distorted, like they've been badly compressed. I can even see this in the illustration within Calibre when I'm editing the Table of Contents; it already looks pixelated in there. Is there some setting I'm missing, something I could be doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!