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# KCC
`KCC` (a.k.a. `KindleComicConverter`) is a Python app to convert comic files or folders to ePub or Panel View Mobipocket.
It was initally developed for Kindle but as of version 2.2 it outputs valid ePub 2.0 so _**despite its name, KCC is
actually a comic 2 epub converter that every ereader owner can happily use**_.
It also optimizes comic images by:
- enhancing contrast
- cutting page numbering
- cropping white borders
- resizing larger images to device's native resolution
- quantizing images to device's palette
## BINARY RELEASES
You can find the latest released binary at the following links:
- OS X: [https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16806101/KindleComicConverter_osx_2.6.zip](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16806101/KindleComicConverter_osx_2.6.zip)
- Win64: [https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16806101/KindleComicConverter_win-amd64_2.6.zip](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16806101/KindleComicConverter_win-amd64_2.6.zip)
- Win32: [http://pawelj.vulturis.eu/Shared/KindleComicConverter_win-x86_2.6.zip](http://pawelj.vulturis.eu/Shared/KindleComicConverter_win-x86_2.6.zip) *(thanks to [AcidWeb](https://github.com/AcidWeb))*
- Linux: just download sourcecode and launch `python kcc.py` *(provided you have Python and Pillow installed)*
## INPUT FORMATS
`kcc` can understand and convert, at the moment, the following file types:
- CBZ, ZIP
- CBR, RAR *(with `unrar` executable)*
- folders
- PDF *(extracting only contained JPG images)*
~~For now the script does not understand folder depth, so it will work on flat folders/archives only.~~
As of v. 1.50, KCC supports subfolders!
## OPTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- `kindlegen` in /usr/local/bin/ *(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)
- [Pillow](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/) for comic optimizations like split double pages, resize to optimal resolution, improve contrast and palette, etc.
Please refer to official documentation for installing into your system.
## USAGE
### GUI
Should be pretty self-explanatory, just keep in mind that it's still in development ;)
While working it seems frozen, I'll try to fix the aesthetics later.
Conversion being done, you should find an .epub and a .mobi files alongside the original input file (same directory)
### Standalone `comic2ebook.py` 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, K4, KDX,
KDXG or KHD) [default=KHD]
-t TITLE, --title=TITLE
Comic title [default=filename]
-m, --manga-style 'Manga style' (right-to-left reading and splitting)
[default=False]
-v, --verbose Verbose output [default=False]
--no-image-processing
Do not apply image preprocessing (page splitting and
optimizations) [default=True]
--upscale-images Resize images smaller than device's resolution
[default=False]
--stretch-images Stretch images to device's resolution [default=False]
--black-borders Use black borders (instead of white ones) when not
stretching and ratio is not like the device's one
[default=False]
--no-cut-page-numbers
Do not try to cut page numbering on images
[default=True]
--rotate Disable page spliting. Instead rotate images
[default=False]
-o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT
Output directory or file for generated ePub
```
The script takes care of creating an *.epub* from your archive/folder, then:
1. Run `Kindlegen` on the generated *.epub*. Depending on how many images you have, this may take awhile. Once completed, the `.mobi` file should be in the directory.
2. (optionally) remove the SRCS record to reduce the `.mobi` filesize in half. You can use [Kindlestrip](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96903).
3. Copy the `.mobi` file to your Kindle!
## 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** <markokr@gmail.com>, released with ISC License
- the 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
- `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
Also, for .mobi generation you need to have `kindlegen` v2.7+ (with KF8 support) which is downloadable from Amazon website
and installed in a directory reachable by your PATH (e.g. `/usr/local/bin/` or `C:\Windows\`)
## 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.
Added --output option to customize ePub output dir/file.
Add rendition:layout and rendition:orientation ePub meta tags (supported by new kindlegen 2.8)
## COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Ciro Mattia Gonano with further contributions by Paweł Jastrzębski.
KCC is released under ISC LICENSE; see LICENSE.txt for further details.
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