# Comic Book & Booklet Planner

> Plan a multi-page comic, contact sheet and folded booklet order. Create an editable Panelcraft comic book with ordered pages and panel grids. Export a clean SVG contact sheet, complete lettering CSV and book project, plus a deterministic sheet-front and sheet-back imposition plan for a folded booklet.

Part of usefulweb.site (https://usefulweb.site/). Results are deterministic calculations from the inputs and the listed assumptions; the API returns exactly what the web page shows.

## Use it
- Human interface: https://panelcraftbookplan.usefulweb.site/ (interactive tool at https://panelcraftbookplan.usefulweb.site/tool)
- JSON API: POST https://panelcraftbookplan.usefulweb.site/api/v1/calculate with a JSON object of inputs (schema: https://panelcraftbookplan.usefulweb.site/api/v1/tool)
- OpenAPI: https://panelcraftbookplan.usefulweb.site/openapi.json
- MCP (Streamable HTTP): https://panelcraftbookplan.usefulweb.site/mcp - tool `panelcraft_book_plan`

## Inputs
- name (text): Book title
- author (text): Author or credit
- pages (integer): Book pages
- rows (integer): Panel rows
- columns (integer): Panel columns
- reading (select): Reading and binding direction
- sheetColumns (integer): Contact-sheet columns

## Method
- Create 1–12 pages using the same bounded Comic Desk page parser as the interactive workspace. Each page has 1–12 rectangular panels; page dimensions are 1000 × 1400 px at 150 DPI.
- A contact sheet uses 360 px thumbnails, up to four columns, unique SVG definition IDs and a maximum area of 8 megapixels. It is an overview, not a print-size page export.
- Booklet page count rounds up to a multiple of four. Sheet fronts pair the last and first remaining pages; backs pair the second and penultimate. Pages beyond the source count are blanks. Right-to-left binding reverses each pair. Consult the printer manual for duplex orientation.

## Limits
- Imposition is a page-order plan for manually arranging a folded booklet. It does not rescale pages to a printer sheet or set printer-specific duplex options.