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'*' What softwares do you use for E-Cover / Labels Design Packaging?

by Allurre
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Do you guys usually outsource your work when it comes to designing E-Covers???

Any recommendations to which I should purchase that are useful now?

Templates maybe?

Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author EcoverGuru
    Yes, you could use Photoshop and set of action script, but if you are unsure about it and you would like someone to do it...I could help you, right now i have a specials offers, just check out my signature.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nick Doyle
    The best one by FAR is Cover Action ... which is the software I use for all my products now. You simply create a flat cover image you want, and with the click of a button in photoshop you can create stunning ebook covers, DVD cases, boxes .. anything.

    Im sure Dayjob killer has used this software as well to create their covers. Its based on Action Scripts for Photoshop so all you gotta do is click a button and it will convert your flat cover into a 3D Ebook Cover automatically.

    Pretty handy indeed
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Carl Kelly
    Originally Posted by NathanFalkner View Post

    You can expect to pay in
    the range of $25 to $45 for a single cover.
    Or $9.95 (wink, wink).

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  • Profile picture of the author Franck Silvestre
    As for me, I outsource. It save me time... and money.

    I'm very bad at anything designing...

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  • Profile picture of the author Franck Silvestre
    As for me, I outsource. It save me time... and money.

    I'm very bad at anything designing...

    I recommend that you outsource this if your business is not ecovers..

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  • Profile picture of the author BrainDance
    I am usually the one outsourced to..but if you want to give it a run for yourself..I have a set of actions with matching templates for sale.
    Contact me after purchase and I will refund you 20.00 for actions and template purchase..be sure to mention Warrior forum!


    The above are 300dpi for Photoshop CS2 and higher.
    PhotoshopEcovers.com

    Don't for get to contact me after purchase, mention the warrior forum and I will refund you 20.00 if you purchase the actions and templates. 10.00 for actions only.

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  • Profile picture of the author Gaby10
    Hello,

    I love to use 3DS Max 2009 with VRay as the render engine. It is not hard at all, it depends on what are you going to do -static images, animations to be shown on a Blueray disc, etc...-.


    If you create (or buy) a 3D model of a Book, CD / DVD case, it doesn't really takes too much time. Just a few clicks to change the image on it.

    The image to be used in the cover is a material, and it could be a Photoshop PSD or any other (including JPG, but I don't like these since the image compression algorithm damages the sharp edges too much).

    Anyway, that's what I use. And I can create animations, open the book, fly the camera around, add light, fire, clouds... and this is what I love the most: I can add it to a real photograph and making it look "photorealistic" and in perfect match with the photo's perspectiv and field of view.

    I know many of our customers don't know about perspective but their minds takes score of those little details, often perceived as a feeling, a feeling (or lack) of quality.

    Finally, the aliasing is drastically reduced. Those images with "jaws" on the edges also affects the final impression, that's what I believe.

    I still remember when Microsoft DVD cases were curved, everybody -at that time- wanted one. And, with 3DS Max, it just a matter of a few clicks and dragging points.

    Just my two cents.

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  • Profile picture of the author LivingCovers
    hi,

    check out my portfolio below:

    EcoversAlive.com: Giving 'Life' To Your Ecovers Like Never Before...

    and then PM me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Charann Miller
    eCoversuite elite looks quite slick. I have Cover Action Pro which produces very professional looking graphics. Web Graphics creator is good too. Ecover software has come a long way in the past 2 years, you are spoiled for choice these days.
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    • Profile picture of the author magentawave
      But how much can a Photoshop ecover script help if you aren't a graphic designer? Do these scripts includes lots of really cool graphic templates that you can edit so they look amazing like what is shown on their sites?

      Thanks
      Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author ConnorMRR
    Hi Steve, no, you will either have to create the graphics then turn them into an eCover, or grab some PSD files.
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    • Profile picture of the author magentawave
      Originally Posted by ConnorMRR View Post

      Hi Steve, no, you will either have to create the graphics then turn them into an eCover, or grab some PSD files.
      Well thats a bummer. I was thinking of using 1 Click Covers because the website says it includes lots of ideas for ecovers with your order but it doesn't say they are images that can be edited (as in templates)...and there is no way to contact the guy (Max) from his site.

      Anyone know about Web Design Software made easy by Laughingbird Software They say it includes about 270 templates. Is it as good as using PS with an ecover action script, or is it kind of funky? I have PS CS4 but don't know how to use it well yet and the stand alone programs I've used create some pretty amateur looking results.

      Thanks.

      Steve
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