09-13-2020, 06:05 PM | #1 |
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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. |
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09-13-2020, 09:06 PM | #3 |
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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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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
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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? |
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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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I have tried the plugin. It doesn't do what i want and it requires manual operation each time.
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