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)