Custom Cover for News Recipe

Olger · 11-27-2011, 11:59 PM

Hi There,

I'm new to Calibre, though learning quick, but having a bit of trouble finding a few things, and hoping someone on the forum will be able to point me to right direction.

I've created a few custom recipe's (simply ones using RSS feeds), and found my way around using a custom cover from a local source.
What I'd like though is to have Calibre stamp a date on it when it retrieves the RSS feeds.
Similar to how Calibre works with the default cover.

Any ideas?
Cheers! Olger.

Starson17 · 11-28-2011, 11:26 AM

calibre builds its own cover when one isn't specified. If you specify one, you'll have to specify one that has your date. I can think of two approaches I'd explore. One would be to look at the custom cover plugin and the calibre default cover code and see if it could be adapted to do what you want. You can do most anything with the Python code in a recipe if you are skilled.

The other option would be to see if the Image Magick code that calibre uses has some way of adding text to an image. I've used Image Magick in calibre recipes to rotate images, resize images, change them to black and white, etc. It's possible there's code in there to add overlay text of some sort.

I have no idea if either would work for you.

Good luck!

11-27-2011, 11:59 PM	#1
Olger Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo Touch	Custom Cover for News Recipe Hi There, I'm new to Calibre, though learning quick, but having a bit of trouble finding a few things, and hoping someone on the forum will be able to point me to right direction. I've created a few custom recipe's (simply ones using RSS feeds), and found my way around using a custom cover from a local source. What I'd like though is to have Calibre stamp a date on it when it retrieves the RSS feeds. Similar to how Calibre works with the default cover. Any ideas? Cheers! Olger.

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11-28-2011, 11:26 AM	#2
Starson17 Wizard Posts: 4,004 Karma: 177841 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: WinMo: IPAQ; Android: HTC HD2, Archos 7o; Java:Gravity T	calibre builds its own cover when one isn't specified. If you specify one, you'll have to specify one that has your date. I can think of two approaches I'd explore. One would be to look at the custom cover plugin and the calibre default cover code and see if it could be adapted to do what you want. You can do most anything with the Python code in a recipe if you are skilled. The other option would be to see if the Image Magick code that calibre uses has some way of adding text to an image. I've used Image Magick in calibre recipes to rotate images, resize images, change them to black and white, etc. It's possible there's code in there to add overlay text of some sort. I have no idea if either would work for you. Good luck!

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