CBR software for viewing Comic Books

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18 Sep 2008, 11:13 am

I'm quite interested in building a website with comic books for download. I'm looking for software experts to explain something to me.
I don't understand why CBR is used. Wouldn't PDF be better? I'm thinking of setting things up so the viewer can go panel by panel or page by page. It was a hassle to download and use the CBR software. I think it would be easier to use Adobe.

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18 Sep 2008, 12:26 pm

http://bdcomics.blogspot.com/2005/07/on ... rmats.html

One reason that comes to mind immediately is that PostScript / PDF are better suited for vector graphics (well-rendered text, tables, diagrams, mathematical drawings, etc.), where comics are typically raster images. Storing a bunch of bitmap images in a PDF is inefficient.

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18 Sep 2008, 1:44 pm

Nice article, thanks chever ! ! (Are you a comics fan?)

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18 Sep 2008, 2:22 pm

No.

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