The right tool?

SleepyBob · 01-21-2011, 09:54 PM

I'd like to create a simple epub picture book - just a series of jpegs, one per page.

Is Sigil the best tool to do this, or is there something with a smaller learning curve that I should look at?

theducks · 01-21-2011, 10:24 PM

Hmmm!

Start Sigil
Type Title, Author ... Title page done

In Book Browser
Right click on "Text", Select new. Double-click on the New to open the page.
Click the add picture button, select file

Repeat until done
SaveAs...

Add a little more work to create the TOC:H tags (<h3 title="no visible heading alternate title here"</h3>) (view with F7), Metadata(F8).

Is that too complicated?

SleepyBob · 01-22-2011, 03:31 PM

Sounds good - I'll give it a try!

SleepyBob · 01-25-2011, 08:12 PM

Okay, I created a picture book epub. But since the pictures are bigger than 600x600, only a corner of each picture gets displayed. Is there a tag to fit the picture to the page, or do I have to actually resize each picture before I import it?

AndrewH · 01-25-2011, 09:03 PM

You should be able to specify the size, directly in the HTML, like this:

Code:

<img src="image.jpg" width="200" height="150">

01-21-2011, 09:54 PM	#1
SleepyBob Evangelist Posts: 426 Karma: 8522810 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wisconsin, USA Device: Kindle PW3	The right tool? I'd like to create a simple epub picture book - just a series of jpegs, one per page. Is Sigil the best tool to do this, or is there something with a smaller learning curve that I should look at?

01-25-2011, 09:03 PM	#5
AndrewH Fanatic Posts: 553 Karma: 1234566 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver, WA Device: Sony PRS-T1, & Kobo Mini	You should be able to specify the size, directly in the HTML, like this: Code: <img src="image.jpg" width="200" height="150">

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01-21-2011, 10:24 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,891 Karma: 59840954 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Hmmm! Start Sigil Type Title, Author ... Title page done In Book Browser Right click on "Text", Select new. Double-click on the New to open the page. Click the add picture button, select file Repeat until done SaveAs... Add a little more work to create the TOC:H tags (<h3 title="no visible heading alternate title here"</h3>) (view with F7), Metadata(F8). Is that too complicated?

01-22-2011, 03:31 PM	#3
SleepyBob Evangelist Posts: 426 Karma: 8522810 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wisconsin, USA Device: Kindle PW3	Sounds good - I'll give it a try!

01-25-2011, 08:12 PM	#4
SleepyBob Evangelist Posts: 426 Karma: 8522810 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wisconsin, USA Device: Kindle PW3	Okay, I created a picture book epub. But since the pictures are bigger than 600x600, only a corner of each picture gets displayed. Is there a tag to fit the picture to the page, or do I have to actually resize each picture before I import it?