02-24-2016, 12:30 PM | #16 |
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mrmikel, your IRfanview suggestion worked perfectly. I changed a 40Mb epub file to 5Mb with no visible loss in image clarity.
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02-26-2016, 03:51 PM | #17 |
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Thanks for the information about Irfanview. I got this oddly named program because I bought a Canon scanner with really awful software. I really like Irfanview but haven't explored it much because I do most of my image editing in Photoshop Elements.
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03-01-2016, 08:15 AM | #18 |
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Irfanview can also be used as scanning software for scanners with twain driver.
I have been using this software for more than 10 years, and this handles most of my photo editing needs. A very versatile program. Recently Irfanview is released in 64 bit version also. |
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If the ePub contains embedded fonts, subset the fonts and also losslessly compress the images in the ePub. Both of those things will reduce the size of the ePub.
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I have a ton of other programs that do similar functions, but I'm always surprised at how often I find uses for this one. FWIW. |
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Well. I freely admit, I have no idea how to do that in Calibre. Wanna drop a hint, and I'll see if I can scrape up some time today/tomorrow? (You know, I keep telling you guys, I use Calibre for a library for our converted books, and that's about it. I'm not kidding youse! :-) I have recently tried the editor. It's quite nice. But that's about all.) Hitch |
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To losslessly compress images in Calibre, it's in polish books.
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03-09-2016, 04:49 PM | #25 |
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I'm pretty sure that calibre comes without any polish books :P I'd have noticed.
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*sigh* can I get a pair of pun tags please?
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I think we have to make them ourselves. Somehow, Polish books, Calibre, and Jon just all combine for a giggle. (Sorry, my sweet curmudgeon!)
@Wolfie: So, you want me to take an ePUB, polish it in Calibre, whilst having made an unpolished copy, and reducing those images with the thumbnail tool? I can do that, although I probably should say that 80+% of the time, I'd be using my fileoptimize tool. Hmph...now I have to find an ePUB with images that have magically escaped our beady optimization eye. Do you have one from the MR library you're using for this test, Jon? Hitch |
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@Hitch - FWIW you can calibre polish an ePub at the command line, no need to be russian off to czech it into a library.
Also because of this I've given X1 a BR Last edited by BetterRed; 03-09-2016 at 07:52 PM. |
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Ever since it was added in Calibre, I can't help reading "Polish Books" as "Polish Books".
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