cbzManager

Comic books are a source of entertainment for many, and there are dedicated aficionados out there who own collections that are really impressive in size. While it might be fun to browse the pages of comic books, it's a whole other thing to manage the digital resources in such a collection. Keeping that thought in mind, cbzManager provides a fast conversion tool for comic book archives and, at the same time, a handy graphics editor.

cbzManager is compatible with ZIP and RAR comic book archives (CBZ and CBR), as well as regular RAR and ZIP files. PDF documents are also supported. You have to select the location of the folder that contains your comics.

Whichever type of files you decide to load, the content of the comic book can be previewed in the main window of the application. cbzManager automatically converts everything to CBZ format, except for PDF documents (you can enable automatic PDF conversion in the "Options" menu). In other words, the conversion is done without user intervention, and cbzManager can also be used as a comics viewer.

cbzManager can flip and rotate pages of the comic book, but it also moves one step further and allows you to use filters and adjustments to enhance the image quality. Thus, you can tamper with the contrast and the brightness levels, modify the hue, the saturation, the luminosity, and experiment with the RGB color balance.

CbzManager comes with a generous set of filters (emboss, blur, high and low pass, etc.), as well as a histogram equalizer, a morphing filter, shadowing options, and a few correction tools (gamma and sharpening). If you don't like to fine-tune all these parameters, you can use tone-mapping or the general auto-enhancing method to improve the appearance of the images without all the hassle.

Considering the above, stating that cbzManager is merely a CBZ converter is an understatement. The application can also act as an editor and a comics manager, as it also features paper re-ordering and CBZ cleaning tools.