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Favorite program for eCover design?

by Kwerk
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Does anyone have a preference for a product that easily and quickly designs 3D graphical covers for eBooks (spine, cover and all)? Especially one that can make not just a book graphic, but also a retail product box, and a box with a set of CDs displayed in front of it.
#design #ecover #favorite #program
  • Profile picture of the author ShadyRay
    I'm interested in this too. I tried it once just using Photoshop and it took forever and didn't end up looking quite as good as most of the ones I see.
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    • Profile picture of the author spearce000
      Originally Posted by ShadyRay View Post

      I'm interested in this too. I tried it once just using Photoshop and it took forever and didn't end up looking quite as good as most of the ones I see.
      I use Adobe Photoshop with the 1 Click Covers plug-in: 1ClickCovers - The #1 eCover Design package (not an affiliate link). I find it really helpful and have used it to create covers for websites and for use in videos.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kwerk
    Yup. I'm no graphic artist! The program needs to have design templates and automatic formatting that is appropriate to books and retail boxes to really be useful. I've seen a program that takes your own graphics and wraps them in 3D fashion into a book, but that's not really helping with the design aspects of the cover at all. I'd like to type in the title and author name and any subtitles, choose a template and colors, and the program chugs it out. If there is such a product.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    I used this one the other day

    eBook Cover Creator - eCover Design Online Free | MyEcoverMaker.com

    and you pay as you use it, from memory it cost me $3.95 to do the cover I wanted.
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  • Profile picture of the author iMarketingXpert
    We really like this online tool, it makes great 3D covers for a book, cd & box, 3d-box, cd box, and dvd box. It's fast and easy, as long as you have your images pre-designed.
    We hope you like it too. 3d-pack dot com
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    • Profile picture of the author Ray Erdmann
      The ecover creator that I like, which does NOT require any Photoshop skills to actually create the image you'll eventually turn into an 'ecover' (which is something a lot of these other apps require BTW) is a little app called
      "E Cover Creator 3D"....

      eBook Cover Generator | eCover Creator 3D

      Check it out and see if it's something that's of interest to you....


      Ray
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    • Profile picture of the author donnamorris235
      Originally Posted by iMarketingXpert View Post

      We really like this online tool, it makes great 3D covers for a book, cd & box, 3d-box, cd box, and dvd box. It's fast and easy, as long as you have your images pre-designed.
      We hope you like it too. 3d-pack dot com
      I have used this before and it is a quick and easy tool that creates your ebook cover so quickly.

      I created my own design in photoshop and uploaded it to the page. You can then save the new ebook cover to your computer and resize or edit it as you like.

      That's what I did anyway.

      Have fun...
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  • Profile picture of the author KenFighter
    I think u should find an action scripts.. It used on photoshop.. Many action scripts like box, cd, report you will make by using it..
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  • Profile picture of the author xohaibx
    Blackbelt Covers - One of the best eCover creation tools out there.


    However, I'd recommend you outsource it to a professional who can do the job, rather than doing it yourself. I mean, look at it as an investment that will pay off in the long run. No matter how good a software tool is, it can never come close to human perfection. Just my two cents
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  • Profile picture of the author darkhazza
    I use blender because it's free. For simple boxes it's fine, I'm sure for more complicated shots of CD cases and spines you could download a good 3d model and simply change the textures.
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  • Profile picture of the author ina696
    Check out Max's WSO. It may give you some of what you want. And for the price, it can't be beat!

    http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...low-price.html


    Ina
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