Apr
6

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

Posted by admin in Computers

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

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