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- I used to use KCC when I had a Kindle and it was great ! But now that I have a android based e-reader, I use Mihonby maeln
- Hi, Could this have been a KOReader plugin too where all this processing etc is done on KOReader/Kindle itself instead of another machine?by smusamashah
- Comments on a previous ShowHN, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43916956by brudgers
- I read a lot of manga and comic since my childhood but never even once in my life I have able to enjoy manga on tablet/mobile as much as I enjoy them as physical volume. But looking forward to use Kindle Comic Converterby elli0t-yash
- Comic books and manga are amusingly amount the least digitizable mediums as you have the choice of good resolution but an unpleasant reading experience with lit screens on a desktop, laptop, tablet or phone and low res or lack of spreads on an e reader. Even more so when you're missing out on colour.
- KCC best features:
1) filesize optimization. Think 600 to 100 mb after optimization per volume depending on source and settings. Does it by downscaling and dithering from 256 to 16 shades of gray (e.g. 8 bit to 4 bit)
2) black level correction. You need pure blacks in eink. Dark gray looks ok on paper and normal screens but not eink. Does it with histogram manipulation
3) semi automatic 2 page spread joining. spreads can be autorotated or not.
4) rainbow removal on kaleido 3 color eink with 2D discrete Fourier transform
by seam_carver