bump 8.0.4

README.md

@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ For flatpak, Docker, and AppImage versions, refer to the wiki: https://github.co
 ## FAQ
 - All options have additional information in tooltips if you hover over the option.
 - To get the converted book onto your Kindle/Kobo, just drag and drop the mobi/kepub into the documents folder on your Kindle/Kobo via USB
+- Right to left mode not working?
+  - RTL mode only affects splitting order for CBZ output. Your cbz reader itself sets the page turn direction.
 - Colors inverted?
   - Disable Kindle dark mode
 - Cannot connect Kindle Scribe or 2024+ Kindle to macOS

kindlecomicconverter/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '8.0.3'
+__version__ = '8.0.4'
 __license__ = 'ISC'
 __copyright__ = '2012-2022, Ciro Mattia Gonano <ciromattia@gmail.com>, Pawel Jastrzebski <pawelj@iosphe.re>, darodi'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'

kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py

@@ -639,21 +639,22 @@ def imgFileProcessing(work):
         workImg = image.ComicPageParser((dirpath, afile), opt)
         for i in workImg.payload:
             img = image.ComicPage(opt, *i)
+            is_not_color = not opt.forcecolor or not img.color
+            if is_not_color:
+                img.convertToGrayscale()
             if opt.cropping == 2 and not opt.webtoon:
                 img.cropPageNumber(opt.croppingp, opt.croppingm)
             if opt.cropping == 1 and not opt.webtoon:
                 img.cropMargin(opt.croppingp, opt.croppingm)
             if opt.interpanelcrop > 0:
                 img.cropInterPanelEmptySections("horizontal" if opt.interpanelcrop == 1 else "both")
-            img.autocontrastImage()
+            img.gammaCorrectImage()
+            if is_not_color:
+                img.autocontrastImage()
             img.resizeImage()
             img.optimizeForDisplay(opt.reducerainbow)
-            if opt.forcecolor and img.color:
+            if is_not_color and opt.forcepng:
-                pass
-            elif opt.forcepng:
                 img.quantizeImage()
-            else:
-                img.convertToGrayscale()
             output.append(img.saveToDir())
         return output
     except Exception:

kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class ComicArchive:
 
         if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
             extraction_commands.append(
-                ['unar', self.filepath, '-f', '-o', targetdir]
+                ['unar', self.filepath, '-D', '-f', '-o', targetdir]
             )
 
         extraction_commands.reverse()
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class ComicArchive:
         for cmd in extraction_commands:
             try:
                 subprocess_run(cmd, capture_output=True, check=True)
-                return os.path.join(targetdir, os.listdir(targetdir)[0])       
+                return targetdir     
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 missing.append(cmd[0])
             except CalledProcessError:

kindlecomicconverter/image.py

@@ -341,16 +341,21 @@ class ComicPage:
                 image.save(targetPath, 'JPEG', optimize=1, quality=85)
         return targetPath
 
-    def autocontrastImage(self):
+    def gammaCorrectImage(self):
         gamma = self.opt.gamma
         if gamma < 0.1:
             gamma = self.gamma
             if self.gamma != 1.0 and self.color:
                 gamma = 1.0
         if gamma == 1.0:
-            self.image = ImageOps.autocontrast(self.image)
+            pass
         else:
-            self.image = ImageOps.autocontrast(Image.eval(self.image, lambda a: int(255 * (a / 255.) ** gamma)))
+            self.image = Image.eval(self.image, lambda a: int(255 * (a / 255.) ** gamma))
+
+    def autocontrastImage(self):
+        # autocontrast on non grayscale images has unexpected results 
+        # since it autocontrasts each color channel separately
+        self.image = ImageOps.autocontrast(self.image)
 
     def convertToGrayscale(self):
         self.image = self.image.convert('L')
@@ -358,7 +363,7 @@ class ComicPage:
     def quantizeImage(self):
         # remove all color pixels from image, since colorCheck() has some tolerance
         # quantize with a small number of color pixels in a mostly b/w image can have unexpected results
-        self.image = self.image.convert("L").convert("RGB")
+        self.image = self.image.convert("RGB")
 
         palImg = Image.new('P', (1, 1))
         palImg.putpalette(self.palette)