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Old 05-18-2012, 02:26 PM   #1
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ebook cover software?
Hi, I'd like to make covers that are black and white, with simple graphics and good fonts, like the attached, I found from here.

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If anyone is familiar with these could you give an opinion?
http://print-creativity-software-rev...tenreviews.com

In Amazon review, someone stated greeting card factory is better than print artist, and since it has a ton of fonts wonder if it is a good choice.

Thanks for any advice.
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Old 05-18-2012, 07:44 PM   #2
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Go to the Calibre forum, they have a plug-in for this.
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Old 05-19-2012, 02:35 AM   #3
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I didn't know there was one there. Thanks for that referral.
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Old 05-19-2012, 09:24 AM   #4
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Go to the Calibre forum, they have a plug-in for this.
The Generate Cover plugin is quite good and I find it very useful. It is somewhat limited in its layout options, though.

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If you will need to create the graphic elements yourself you'll need a rather powerful editing program. If, on the other hand, you can be satisfied with picking one from a clipart collection, a simple image editing program may do the job.

You might find that a program like PhotoScape (freeware) will work well. You can get quite a number of free, useful fonts from various online sources (HighFonts, Dafont, ...). There is also a reasonable amount of free clipart to be found.
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Old 05-19-2012, 08:50 PM   #5
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Another freeware program that can be useful is GIMP. You can do quite a lot with it with just a little practice.
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Old 06-04-2012, 12:38 PM   #6
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Nuz,

A lot of those products at http://print-creativity-software-rev...enreviews.com/ have a big learning curve. Most of them are desktop software.

For an easy way to create covers use this online solution: http://3dcovermaker.com

Click the "Free Demo" link on this site and you'll see just how easy it is to create a nice cover.

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Old 06-12-2012, 08:50 PM   #7
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up using PrintMaster for the font editing, and Photoscape for everything else.
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Hi, I'd like to make covers that are black and white, with simple graphics and good fonts, like the attached, I found from here.

Attachment 86583

If anyone is familiar with these could you give an opinion?
http://print-creativity-software-rev...tenreviews.com

In Amazon review, someone stated greeting card factory is better than print artist, and since it has a ton of fonts wonder if it is a good choice.

Thanks for any advice.
That is a poor cover. That's not a tree of life. That's just a plain tree.
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Another freeware program that can be useful is GIMP. You can do quite a lot with it with just a little practice.
I really like GIMP. I used it quite extensively until I was given a CS3 license from my employer, and I still use GIMP every now and again. If someone's looking for a free tool for image manipulation, GIMP is great (plus some of the wonderful user plug-ins).

I also really liked some of what Aviary has to offer. For being a bunch of browser based tools, they are pretty cool.
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I found this link: http://tml.pp.fi/gimp/pspi.html
The program is supposed to allow Photo Shop plug ins to be used in Gimp. I don't know how well it works though as I haven't tried it yet myself.
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