12-09-2010, 09:39 PM | #16 |
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I agree John. Very nice work.
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12-09-2010, 10:25 PM | #17 |
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12-12-2010, 01:35 PM | #18 |
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Is Gimp preferable to Paint Shop Pro? I have an old version of paint shop which a friend got free in a pc magazine many years ago.
What about images which you buy on a disc. I have a few discs called 500,000 images. The license states that they can be used for websites etc, but not resold as a new package. Which I assume means that using individual images is okay. |
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12-14-2010, 04:00 AM | #20 |
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I made the deal that I own the image and all the rights. I designed the cover and commissioned the artist to create/paint it. He can use it to promote his work but nothing else (that's fair). I can use it for anything I want.
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12-17-2010, 09:52 AM | #21 |
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I made an ebook cover by using Picasa. I simply added text to a photograph.
I think it works fine. Randy |
12-18-2010, 02:44 AM | #22 |
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For what it is worth I made my own cover for Civil Disobedience and other essays by Thoreau on the MobileRead library by getting a portrait of Thoreau from Wiki Commons, then adding the text with OpenOffice Draw.
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12-18-2010, 08:32 AM | #23 |
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GIMP vs Paintshop Pro
I would pick GIMP over Paintshop Pro. GIMP is free and you can download a bunch of Photoshop Brushs for it. I go to deviantart for the brushes I want to make my covers.
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12-18-2010, 03:32 PM | #24 |
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Thanks. I've downloaded Gimp and some brushes from Deviantart. There are lots of tutorials on youtube relating to Gimp which give a basic idea of what all the tools do and what layers are etc.
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12-25-2010, 06:53 PM | #25 |
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For custom art, I think you've already had some great advice. For stock photos, read the fine print.
I used a stock image for my cover, but I'd strongly recommend knowing exactly what rights and licensing exist on the site and image you choose. For example, I used an illustration from istockphoto.com - I can use it on up to 500,000 books for the basic license, then I would need to upgrade (oh, to have such a problem!!). If I'd used an image with a person, they require a standardized model release, which would protect me down the road. SXC, mentioned above, is a free site, but they don't require that you have a model release for posted images (which means if any part of a person is visible in the image, and that person objects to your use of their image some day, it could get very sticky). Use rights are also hard to figure out from that site sometimes (because they are determined by the individual poster). You don't want to be the person that put the picture of someone's kid on the front of your thriller, only to discover that someone objects. |
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