Making box shots and ebook covers is now a no brainer.

A good package leads to a good sale. If you want to sell your ebooks or software items, wrap them up. As the good is made of bytes, so is the package. There are three available methods to create a virtual cover:

- Asking someone to do it for you

- Grasping the essence of Photoshop

- Using some dedicated software

If you have a friendly designer, the job will be a piece of cake. Nevertheless, excellent specialists charge big money. Every software box or e-book cover will round up to $150. The second option could be the best if you are handy with Photoshop. To create everything properly extra action scripts might be needed that cost extra money. And do not forget the price of Photoshop, of course, which is about $700. The third choice is to try and choose from the dedicated boxshot software. It is comforting to learn that the supply of such products is competitive with the prices at $15-100. You will find a lot of solutions to choose from. In reality, there are 3 sorts of software solutions:

Ready made templates which give no freedom

Simple 3D rendering programs

3D with ray tracing

Selecting the first choice, you ensure that 3d box and ebook covers will look great, but the selection of modifications will be very small. You will not be able to rotate or scale the software box or e-book cover. The second option gives you more settings, but the simplified model produces fake shadows. It is not a problem to observe that the picture is somewhat unrealistic. Choosing 3D ray tracing will help you avoid such troubles. For every pixel the software calculates millions of rays, determines shadows, glitter and other effects. In the end, you receive a very realistic image. The 3rd kind is most appropriate if you want to get some flexibility in producing your product box. Box Shot 3D is a nice piece of a program of the kind. This program is yours for 40 euros. It will assist you in making excellent pictures of your e-books and boxes, club cards and more. See for your self some pics of ebook covers and software boxes.

The shadows, reflections on the floor and on the objects proper could not be reproduced in Photoshop if you do not use some additional scripts. And few if any such programs would let you produce something of high quality. The room for creativity is nearly indefinite, change whatever you wish. If you are thinking about creating a software box or an e-book cover, go for Box Shot 3D. It will provide your product with a very cool packaging. Sell to the customer with fancy looks. Choose Box Shot 3D and never regret it.

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