# KCC `KCC` (a.k.a. `KindleComicConverter`) is a Python app to convert comic files or folders to ePub or Panel View MOBI. It was initally developed for Kindle but since v2.2 it outputs valid ePub 2.0 so _**despite its name, KCC is actually a comic to EPUB converter that every ereader owner can happily use**_. It can also optionally optimize images by applying a number of transformations. ### A word of warning **KCC** _is not_ [Amazon's Kindle Comic Creator](http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1001103761) nor is in any way endorsed by Amazon. Amazon's tool is for comic **publishers** and involves a lot of manual effort, while **KCC** is for comic **readers**. If you want to read some comments over *Amazon's KC2* you can take a look at [this](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207461&page=7#96) and [that](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=211047) threads on Mobileread. _KC2_ in no way is a replacement for **KCC** so you can be quite confident we'll going to carry on developing our little monster ;) ### Donations If you find KCC valuable you can consider donating to the authors: * Ciro Mattia Gonano [![Donate](https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_SM.gif)](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=D8WNYNPBGDAS2) * Paweł Jastrzębski [![Donate](https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_SM.gif)](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YTTJ4LK2JDHPS) ## BINARY RELEASES You can find the latest released binary at the following links: - OS X: [https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16806101/KindleComicConverter_osx_2.10.zip](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16806101/KindleComicConverter_osx_2.10.zip) - Win64: [https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16806101/KindleComicConverter_win-amd64_2.10.zip](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16806101/KindleComicConverter_win-amd64_2.10.zip) - Win32: [http://pawelj.vulturis.eu/Shared/KindleComicConverter_win-x86_2.10.zip](http://pawelj.vulturis.eu/Shared/KindleComicConverter_win-x86_2.10.zip) - Linux: Just download sourcecode and launch `python kcc.py` *(Provided you have Python, Pillow and PyQt4 installed)* _It has been reported by a couple of users 2.10 crashing on OSX at start. If it happens to you please append your message to [Issue #52](https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc/issues/52). In the meanwhile you can download [version 2.9](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16806101/KindleComicConverter_osx_2.9.zip)_ ## INPUT FORMATS `kcc` can understand and convert, at the moment, the following file types: - PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF, BMP - Folders - CBZ, ZIP - CBR, RAR *(With `unrar` executable)* - PDF *(Extracting only contained JPG images)* ## OPTIONAL REQUIREMENTS - [kindlegen](http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000765211) v2.8+ in a directory reachable by your PATH or in KCC directory *(For .mobi generation)* - [unrar](http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm) *(For CBR support)* ### For compiling/running from source: - Python 2.7+ - Included in MacOS and Linux, follow the [official documentation](http://www.python.org/getit/windows/) to install on Windows. - PyQt4 4.10+ - Please refer to official documentation for installing into your system. - [Pillow](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/) - For comic optimizations. Please refer to official documentation for installing into your system. ## USAGE ### Important tips: * Disabling **HQ Panel View** will highly decrease size of output file. Consider it when Panel View support is not needed. * Disabling **HQ Panel View** might improve sharpness of image when it is not zoomed. * Use high quality source files. This little detail have a major impact on the final result. * The first image found will be set as the comic's cover. * All files/directories will be added to EPUB in alphabetical order. * Output MOBI file should be sideuploaded via USB. Other methods (e.g. via Calibre) will corrupt it. * If you're converting color images and the end result is not satisfactory, experiment with gamma correction option (first try 1.0 setting). ### GUI Should be pretty self-explanatory. After completed conversion you should find ready file alongside the original input file (same directory). ### Standalone `comic2ebook.py` usage: ``` Usage: comic2ebook.py [options] comic_file|comic_folder Options: --version show program's version number and exit -h, --help show this help message and exit -p PROFILE, --profile=PROFILE Device profile (Choose one among K1, K2, K3, K4NT, K4T, KDX, KDXG, KHD, KF, KFHD, KFHD8) [Default=KHD] -t TITLE, --title=TITLE Comic title [Default=filename] -m, --manga-style Manga style (Right-to-left reading and splitting) [Default=False] -c, --cbz-output Outputs a CBZ archive and does not generate EPUB --nopanelviewhq Disable high quality Panel View [Default=False] --noprocessing Do not apply image preprocessing (Page splitting and optimizations) [Default=True] --forcepng Create PNG files instead JPEG (For non-Kindle devices) [Default=False] --gamma=GAMMA Apply gamma correction to linearize the image [Default=Auto] --upscale Resize images smaller than device's resolution [Default=False] --stretch Stretch images to device's resolution [Default=False] --blackborders Use black borders instead of white ones when not stretching and ratio is not like the device's one [Default=False] --rotate Rotate landscape pages instead of splitting them [Default=False] --nosplitrotate Disable splitting and rotation [Default=False] --nocutpagenumbers Do not try to cut page numbering on images [Default=True] -o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT Output generated file (EPUB or CBZ) to specified directory or file --customwidth=WIDTH Replace screen width provided by device profile [Default=0] --customheight=HEIGHT Replace screen height provided by device profile [Default=0] -v, --verbose Verbose output [Default=False] ``` ## CREDITS KCC is made by [Ciro Mattia Gonano](http://github.com/ciromattia) and [Paweł Jastrzębski](http://github.com/AcidWeb) This script born as a cross-platform alternative to `KindleComicParser` by **Dc5e** (published in [this mobileread forum thread](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192783)) The app relies and includes the following scripts/binaries: - `KindleStrip` script © 2010-2012 by **Paul Durrant** and released in public domain ([mobileread forum thread](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96903)) - `rarfile.py` script © 2005-2011 **Marko Kreen** , released with ISC License - `image.py` class from **Alex Yatskov**'s [Mangle](http://foosoft.net/mangle/) with subsequent [proDOOMman](https://github.com/proDOOMman/Mangle)'s and [Birua](https://github.com/Birua/Mangle)'s patches - Icon is by **Nikolay Verin** ([http://ncrow.deviantart.com/](http://ncrow.deviantart.com/)) and released under [CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) License ## CHANGELOG ####1.00 * Initial version ####1.10 * Added support for CBZ/CBR files in comic2ebook.py ####1.11 * Added support for CBZ/CBR files in KindleComicConverter ####1.20 * Comic optimizations! Split pages not target-oriented (landscape with portrait target or portrait with landscape target), add palette and other image optimizations from Mangle. WARNING: PIL is required for all image mangling! ####1.30 * Fixed an issue in OPF generation for device resolution * Reworked options system (call with -h option to get the inline help) ####1.40 * Added some options for controlling image optimization * Further optimization (ImageOps, page numbering cut, autocontrast) ####1.41 * Fixed a serious bug on resizing when img ratio was bigger than device one ####1.50 * Added subfolder support for multiple chapters. ####2.0 * GUI! AppleScript is gone and Tk is used to provide cross-platform GUI support. ####2.1 * Added basic error reporting #### 2.2: * Added (valid!) ePub 2.0 output * Rename .zip files to .cbz to avoid overwriting ####2.3 * Fixed win32 ePub generation, folder handling, filenames with spaces and subfolders ####2.4 * Use temporary directory as workdir (fixes converting from external volumes and zipfiles renaming) * Fixed "add folders" from GUI. ####2.5 * Added --black-borders option to set added borders black when page's ratio is not the device's one (#11). * Fixes epub containing zipped itself (#10) ####2.6 * Added --rotate option to rotate landscape images instead of splitting them (#16, #24) * Added --output option to customize ePub output dir/file (#22) * Add rendition:layout and rendition:orientation ePub meta tags (supported by new kindlegen 2.8) * Fixed natural sorting for files (#18) ####2.7 * Lots of GUI improvements (#27, #13) * Added gamma support within --gamma option (defaults to profile-specified gamma) (#26, #27) * Added --nodithering option to prevent dithering optimizations (#27) * Epub margins support (#30) * Fixed no file added if file has no spaces on Windows (#25) * Gracefully exit if unrar missing (#15) * Do not call kindlegen if source epub is bigger than 320MB (#17) * Get filetype from magic number (#14) * PDF conversion works again ####2.8 * Updated rarfile library * Panel View support + HQ support (#36) - new option: --nopanelviewhq * Split profiles for K4NT and K4T * Rewrite of Landscape Mode support (huge readability improvement for KPW) * Upscale use now BILINEAR method * Added generic CSS file * Optimized archive extraction for zip/rar files (#40) ####2.9 * Added support for generating a plain CBZ (skipping all the EPUB/Mobi generation) (#45) * Prevent output file overwriting the source one: if a duplicate name is detected, append _kcc to the name * Rarfile library updated to 2.6 * Added GIF, TIFF and BMP to supported formats (#42) * Filenames slugifications (#28, #31, #9, #8) ####2.10: * Multiprocessing support * Kindle Fire support (color ePub/Mobi) * Panel View support for horizontal content * Fixed panel order for horizontal pages when --rotate is enabled * Disabled cropping and page number cutting for blank pages * Fixed some slugify issues with specific file naming conventions (#50, #51) ####3.0: * New QT GUI * Merge with AWKCC * Added support for custom width/height ## COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Ciro Mattia Gonano and Paweł Jastrzębski. KCC is released under ISC LICENSE; see LICENSE.txt for further details.