Show HN: Using 2D DFT, dithering, etc. to maximize eInk manga image quality

Kindle Comic Converter optimizes black & white (or color) comics and manga for E-ink ereaders like Kindle, Kobo, ReMarkable, and more. Pages display in fullscreen without margins, with proper fixed layout support. Output works great in KOReader.

Full details on what KCC does is in the readme with plenty of photos!

KCC has been under continuous development since 2012 and has code sign on both Windows and macOS. Also available on Linux.

-the current kcc dev

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xyzsparetimexyz 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

	▲	fc417fc802 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I find laptops (let alone phones) fairly unpleasant for anything resembling a comic. You really need a 4k monitor at least the size of a physical page. That usually implies portrait orientation, and then a second one for spreads, at which point just give up and use a large format tv. Or better yet just stick to paper. I also have this problem with the scientific literature. Tablets let alone ereaders just don't cut it. What I've long wished for but it doesn't seem to exist is a high resolution full color epaper tablet the size of a hardcover textbook page with a sub-second refresh time. Not live video or anything, 500 ms or so would be bearable for quickly panning around a document.

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elli0t-yash 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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 Converter

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brudgers 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Comments on a previous ShowHN, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43916956

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GnosiWorks 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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