From a221b0c45e0eba935a50c2df1bfa8d1aa572351f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Xu
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:36:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] note that png is better than webp for BW content (#1451)
---
gui/KCC.ui | 8 ++++++--
kindlecomicconverter/KCC_ui.py | 8 ++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gui/KCC.ui b/gui/KCC.ui
index 34cdeb14..6d7d2e6a 100644
--- a/gui/KCC.ui
+++ b/gui/KCC.ui
@@ -825,10 +825,14 @@ Useful if you plan to crop a little off the top and bottom to fill screen.
Replace JPG with lossy WebP and PNG with lossless WebP. This includes the JPG Quality.
-Ignored for Kindle EPUB/MOBI and all PDF.
+Ignored for Kindle EPUB/MOBI and all PDF.
+
+Makes a large difference in filesize for color content.
+
+Not very useful for BW content due to minimal filesize improvement compared to PNG and greater resource usage.
- WebP (experimental)
+ WebP
diff --git a/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_ui.py b/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_ui.py
index 3bee2e74..e7ad1c0e 100644
--- a/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_ui.py
+++ b/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_ui.py
@@ -853,9 +853,13 @@ class Ui_mainWindow(object):
#if QT_CONFIG(tooltip)
self.webpBox.setToolTip(QCoreApplication.translate("mainWindow", u"Replace JPG with lossy WebP and PNG with lossless WebP. This includes the JPG Quality.\n"
"\n"
-"Ignored for Kindle EPUB/MOBI and all PDF.", None))
+"Ignored for Kindle EPUB/MOBI and all PDF.\n"
+"\n"
+"Makes a large difference in filesize for color content.\n"
+"\n"
+"Not very useful for BW content due to minimal filesize improvement compared to PNG and greater resource usage. ", None))
#endif // QT_CONFIG(tooltip)
- self.webpBox.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("mainWindow", u"WebP (experimental)", None))
+ self.webpBox.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("mainWindow", u"WebP", None))
#if QT_CONFIG(tooltip)
self.rotateBox.setToolTip(QCoreApplication.translate("mainWindow", u"
Unchecked - Split
Double page spreads will be cut into two separate pages.
Indeterminate - Split and rotate
Double page spreads will be displayed twice. First split and then rotated.
Checked - Rotate
Double page spreads will be rotated.
", None))
#endif // QT_CONFIG(tooltip)