E-readers Comic Book Adapter

A tool to easily visualize comic books on any e-book reader.

The ideas:

• Maximize panel size
• Tap the screen to see the next panel!

This tool processes comic files (PDF, CBR, CBZ, zip archives and directories of them) by:

• Extracting individual panels
• Adjusting the panels according to your e-reader screen size
• Improve output quality
• Generate a PDF file you can easily read on your device

In a nutshell

Define your e-reader profile

Resolution, gamma, color/grayscale.

Set up the comic profile

Panel detection algorithm, skew check, page split, directions, background color, panel minimum side.

Set up the outputs

Local directory, email, upload on ereader by USB

Select the comics files

PDF, CBR, CBZ, and zip archives or directories Using 'Add Comic files', 'Add Comic Directory', or simply by drag and drop on the file list area.

Enter preview mode

Click on a file to enter preview mode

Adjust image in real time

Apply and adjust enhancement profiles in real time: automatic rotation, levels, contrast, sharpening, and JPEG quality.

Click on "Convert to PDF" when happy with the preview

Bonus Utility : concatenate all PDF files from a directory

Choose directory, Write output file name, click 'Concatenate'

About this Project

At times, during the night, I get these silly ideas... like when my daughter was learning to read. "I wonder if she could read a comic book on that old 6" Kindle?" This is a past pet project crafted in C# from before the surge of Python machine/deep learning hype.

It uses the following (deprecated) libraries:

• AForge
• iTextSharp I share it as it was.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.