Cover templates

[grixit]

I've tried the Generate Cover plug in, but it doesn't do what i want.

I was wondering if there was a way to add additional templates to the standard cover generator.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by grixit

I've tried the Generate Cover plug in, but it doesn't do what i want.

I was wondering if there was a way to add additional templates to the standard cover generator.

What do you want to do? Generate cover has options , if only you knew what to do.

[hobnail]

If you want to get fancy and make your own templates and then save the final covers as a jpeg or png, a good option is Affinity Designer:

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/#buy

I suspect that it does everything that Adobe Illustrator does but unlike Illustrator you pay only once for Affinity Designer, no subscription crap.

[grixit]

Originally Posted by theducks

What do you want to do? Generate cover has options , if only you knew what to do.

The plugin has options but they aren't very flexible. What i want is to be able to create an image with associated markup code that places the fields from the book entry.

[grixit]

Originally Posted by hobnail

If you want to get fancy and make your own templates and then save the final covers as a jpeg or png, a good option is Affinity Designer:

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/#buy

I suspect that it does everything that Adobe Illustrator does but unlike Illustrator you pay only once for Affinity Designer, no subscription crap.

I have everything i need to make images. What i want is to be able to add them to the built in generate cover feature.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by grixit

The plugin has options but they aren't very flexible. What i want is to be able to create an image with associated markup code that places the fields from the book entry.

My confusion:

I use the USER Plugin "generate custom cover". (It is listed in the Get Plugins)

You set the Background image (the cover canvas), then set it to place (a limited) selection of fields (you can choose fonts).

[grixit]

Originally Posted by theducks

My confusion:

I use the USER Plugin "generate custom cover". (It is listed in the Get Plugins)

You set the Background image (the cover canvas), then set it to place (a limited) selection of fields (you can choose fonts).

Sure, but that's one at a time, and it's limited to just saying how far from the top to place things and what font to use.

What i want to do is add additional templates to the built in generate cover feature so that it will automatically pull up fields for the current book and place them on the cover.

[kovidgoyal]

You can do that already, long click the generate cover button in the edit metadata dialog and customize the templates under the text tab to your hearts content, pulling in whatever metadata fields you like. But note that you can have atmost three, title, sub-title and footer

[grixit]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You can do that already, long click the generate cover button in the edit metadata dialog and customize the templates under the text tab to your hearts content, pulling in whatever metadata fields you like. But note that you can have atmost three, title, sub-title and footer

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?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by grixit

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

[grixit]

I have tried the plugin. It doesn't do what i want and it requires manual operation each time.

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by grixit

So to return to my question: is there a way to do that?

Yes, write the code for it.

[Thasaidon]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Yes, write the code for it.