Importing Comics into ComicZeal using USB
ComicZeal will now look for a directory called 'ComicZealSync' on your device and if it finds it will import any .cbi files it finds.
To get the files on your device you can use any of the iPhone file moving programs out there. We recommend iPhone Explorer, it's free and the authors are working to make ComicZeal syncing even easier.
To get the files on your device you can use any of the iPhone file moving programs out there. We recommend iPhone Explorer, it's free and the authors are working to make ComicZeal syncing even easier.
Step 1: Drop your comic files into the ComicZeal Sync window.
ComicZeal Sync will accept cbr,cbz,rar and zip files. If you drop a directory full of images it will treat each image as a page and turn it into a comic.
ComicZeal Sync will also convert PDF formatted comics. Make sure you install Ghostscript first. You can download it from the main ComicZeal Sync page.
Each of the files you dropped in will be processed in turn. When a batch is finished you can drop more in.
Once the files have been processed you can close ComicZeal Sync. When syncing through USB you don't need it any more.
ComicZeal Sync will accept cbr,cbz,rar and zip files. If you drop a directory full of images it will treat each image as a page and turn it into a comic.
ComicZeal Sync will also convert PDF formatted comics. Make sure you install Ghostscript first. You can download it from the main ComicZeal Sync page.
Each of the files you dropped in will be processed in turn. When a batch is finished you can drop more in.
Once the files have been processed you can close ComicZeal Sync. When syncing through USB you don't need it any more.
Step 2: Find the ComicZealSync folder on your computer, in the 'My Documents' folder on a Windows machine and in the 'Documents' folder on a Mac.
Step 3: Open iPhone Explorer and drag-and-drop the ComicZealSync folder into the DCIM folder on your iPhone/iPod. Once iPhone Explorer has finished transferring the files you can close it and disconnect the iPhone/iPod from your computer.
Step 4: Start up ComicZeal. It will automatically find the comics and import them.
Step 3: Open iPhone Explorer and drag-and-drop the ComicZealSync folder into the DCIM folder on your iPhone/iPod. Once iPhone Explorer has finished transferring the files you can close it and disconnect the iPhone/iPod from your computer.
Step 4: Start up ComicZeal. It will automatically find the comics and import them.
Comic Series
ComicZeal sorts comics in a couple of ways:
In the first case it looks for comics which are named exactly the same except for the number at the end. An example of this is ‘Strange Worlds 001’ and ‘Strange Worlds 002’, they have the same name except for the issue number. ComicZeal will group those two in a series called 'Strange Worlds'. Using this method you can sort comics before they are processed by ComicZeal Sync.
In the second case, ComicZeal Sync adds a tilde (‘~’) sign in the comic name and the series name before it. ComicZeal takes anything in front of the tilde as the comic category.
ComicZeal will only treat categories with more than one comic as valid.
Organizing Comics in ComicZeal Sync
You can use the rename function of ComicZeal Sync to sort comics into series as they're shrunk.
ComicZeal sorts comics in a couple of ways:
In the first case it looks for comics which are named exactly the same except for the number at the end. An example of this is ‘Strange Worlds 001’ and ‘Strange Worlds 002’, they have the same name except for the issue number. ComicZeal will group those two in a series called 'Strange Worlds'. Using this method you can sort comics before they are processed by ComicZeal Sync.
In the second case, ComicZeal Sync adds a tilde (‘~’) sign in the comic name and the series name before it. ComicZeal takes anything in front of the tilde as the comic category.
ComicZeal will only treat categories with more than one comic as valid.
Organizing Comics in ComicZeal Sync
You can use the rename function of ComicZeal Sync to sort comics into series as they're shrunk.
The 'Series Name' field forces the comics into a particular series. In this case all processed comics will be put into the 'Atom Age Combat' series. If the 'Issue Name' and 'Number' fields were empty then the original comic name would be kept.
The 'Issue Name' and 'Number' fields will change the name of the comic. They're useful when a series consists of a lot of weirdly named comics. The number field automatically increments each time a comic is processed.
The 'Issue Name' and 'Number' fields will change the name of the comic. They're useful when a series consists of a lot of weirdly named comics. The number field automatically increments each time a comic is processed.