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Old 01-03-2013, 07:50 AM   #5
tdido
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
1) Dont use NamedTemporaryFile, use one of the functions from calibre.ptempfile instead as they handle temp file locations in a consistent manner.
Great, I'll change that. Thanks for the tip.

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
2) Dont use PIL, use the save_cover_data_to function from calibre/utils/magick/draw.py it is more robust (PIL is unmaintained, that function uses ImageMagick).
Will do. One question though: what would be the best way to handle the cropping? The cover file, as available in the website, also contains the back cover, which should be removed.

Thanks!
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