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Old 09-16-2020, 10:57 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by grixit View Post
That's nothing like what i want to do.

I guess i'm not making myself clear so let me try and explain it at length.

Right now, if you use the generate cover function, it chooses from several cover forms, and color combinations.

I want to add my own. Is that clear enough?

Let's say i create a cover image that's pale lavender with a blue oval at the top and a green square in the lower right. I want to be able to add that to the generate cover feature so that when i apply it to a new book, it will be able to use that cover, putting the title in the oval, and the author in the square.

So to return to my question: is there a way to do that?
Why have you not tried the PLUGIN?
You make you background image (pale lavender, with the oval and square placed). then you use the PI settings to place the fields on top them

The PI stores as many images as you want, and stores the placement templates. You select the combination, the generate
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