Inspiration

I love the Amazon Kindle Guided View, which zooms into interesting parts of the pages of graphic novels (mangas and comics). It provides a cinematic reading experience and highlights details that can be easily overlooked on small displays but it is limited to selected series. Therefore I tried to make a similar automated feature that can be universally applied.

How to use

Detailed Instructions

• save the graphic novel pages you want to cut as .jpg or .png files in a folder on your Android smartphone or tablet
• make sure the names of the pages look like this: 001.jpg, 002.jpg,...
• download and install the apk, if you haven't already
• start the app
• tap on the three dot menu in the top right corner
• tap on "choose folder"
• navigate the folder picker dialogue until you've found the folder with the graphic novel pages and confirm your choice
• wait until the loading circle is gone (cutting finished)
• tap the display to show the first panel

Controls

• show new graphic novel/chapter: tap on the three dot menu, tap on "choose folder", choose a different folder, wait, tap to show first panel
• show next panel: tap on the display
• show previous panel: long tap on the display

Notes

• No graphic novel pages are included
• all graphic novel pages in the folder are sorted and cut in the order of their file names
• make sure the names of the pages look like this: 001.jpg, 002.jpg,...