01-30-2020, 10:54 AM | #1 |
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Sigil 1.0.0 and cover-image
Greetings.
I've noticed that with most - if not all - ebooks the cover is specified simply as an <img src="..."/>. So far, so good. But if I do Tools > Add Cover, the new one gets specified as <svg ><image ... /></svg>. Why? The cover-image is just that: a JPEG-file. Why the "sudden" switch to vector graphics? What am I missing here? |
01-30-2020, 11:14 AM | #2 |
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The SVG wrapper is used because SVG supports the ability to scale an image to fit a screen having any aspect ratio as fully as possible without distortion. The HTML img element lacks this capability.
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01-30-2020, 11:29 AM | #3 |
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See this thread from 2018:
SVG Images - Why? In my Post #11, I show examples of what can happen without the SVG wrapper. (Images can get heavily distorted/cropped.) |
01-30-2020, 12:44 PM | #4 |
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You keep mentioning Sigil 1.0.0 in regards to things that have been a part of Sigil for many years. It's fine; it's just that I keep seeing the headlines and thinking there's some new issue that 1.0.0 has introduced (and panicking just a bit to be honest ).
Is 1.0.0 the first version of Sigil you've used, or are you coming from an ancient version that didn't have many of these features? |
01-30-2020, 04:46 PM | #5 |
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Thank you! I've never understood the point of SVG, and you have distilled it in two short sentences.
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