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by carthinius
February 20th, 2024, 3:16 pm
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Covermakers Chat Thread
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Re: Covermakers Chat Thread

TriciaG wrote: February 20th, 2024, 2:37 pm You mean 600 dpi, right? :thumbs:
No, 300 dpi is a print resolution and corresponds roughly 1417 x 1417 pixels at the cover's measurements of roughly 4,7 by 4,7 inches – which means it should be more than enough for BengtW AND look nicely if printed! :D
by carthinius
February 20th, 2024, 2:25 pm
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Covermakers Chat Thread
Replies: 1682
Views: 170117

Re: Covermakers Chat Thread

It certainly sounds like a nightmare! I will from now on include a single-layered 300 dpi version of the cover in the PDF so that your automation will get the best possible outcome without to much trouble.
by carthinius
February 20th, 2024, 12:36 pm
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Covermakers Chat Thread
Replies: 1682
Views: 170117

Re: Covermakers Chat Thread

An example: https://archive.org/download/safar_nameh_2309_librivox/persianpictures_2309.pdf The image extracted is just the picture itself, the text, the Librivox logo and white boxes are all separate objects and will not be part of the image but as separate images which cannot be reassembled as th...
by carthinius
February 10th, 2024, 11:54 am
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Covermakers Chat Thread
Replies: 1682
Views: 170117

Re: Covermakers Chat Thread

I have tired these tools already and it does not work. Many extracts includes parts outside the cover or splits into multiple images. Sometime its rotated. As the PDF files are not following the strict format it cannot be use reliably. I use them to find the cover artist but this is again a best ef...
by carthinius
February 8th, 2024, 4:39 pm
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Covermakers Chat Thread
Replies: 1682
Views: 170117

Re: Covermakers Chat Thread

So ... if we don't need _itemimage for Internet Archive anymore and it would just be used for the Youtube upload, what about making _itemimage a 1920 x 1080 px widescreen image? :) Erm... In case you're being serious... That would require a total redesign of the cover, since it's a different aspect...
by carthinius
February 8th, 2024, 4:05 pm
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Covermakers Chat Thread
Replies: 1682
Views: 170117

Re: Covermakers Chat Thread

Regarding YouTube I have update the uploading to search for itemimage file and use it if available. So the script now basically finds the 300p cover link and will check if a file with "_itemimage" exists and use it. So it the cover is called example.jpg it will look for example_itemimage....