generating ONE given cover among "pre-built" models

Jacques Q. · 02-17-2023, 07:42 AM

Hello.
Supposing I dislike the cover of a specific EPub (or it has none at all) and I try to see whether there's one that suits me olnine and there's also none (which happens quite often), or I create my own EPub by mixing several shorter ones and so I have to create my own cover (knowing that I'm no good at using graphic tools to actually "create" one myself), if I then use the "Generate cover" tool, there is a mix of 4 or 5 shapes and 3 or 4 colors, so one gets to already quite a few possible combinations (and way more considering police color can appear in a different color than background color), and so, if I try again and again until I find the combination I want, if I'm not in a lucky day, it can sometimes take me up to 100 attempts...
So is there a way to get, not exclusively, but at least in a given order and not randomly, this or that type of cover (in my case, chiefly the one with the title in an oval shape on the top left, author at the bottom, blue background, deeper blue police) ?
Thanks in advance for any tip.

kovidgoyal · 02-17-2023, 08:01 AM

You can customize cover generation by long clicking the generate cover button and select only those styles and colors you want.

Jacques Q. · 02-18-2023, 05:40 AM

Thanks very much for always being fast and helpful!

02-17-2023, 07:42 AM	#1
Jacques Q. Connoisseur Posts: 92 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Paris Device: quite a few Kindles...	generating ONE given cover among "pre-built" models Hello. Supposing I dislike the cover of a specific EPub (or it has none at all) and I try to see whether there's one that suits me olnine and there's also none (which happens quite often), or I create my own EPub by mixing several shorter ones and so I have to create my own cover (knowing that I'm no good at using graphic tools to actually "create" one myself), if I then use the "Generate cover" tool, there is a mix of 4 or 5 shapes and 3 or 4 colors, so one gets to already quite a few possible combinations (and way more considering police color can appear in a different color than background color), and so, if I try again and again until I find the combination I want, if I'm not in a lucky day, it can sometimes take me up to 100 attempts... So is there a way to get, not exclusively, but at least in a given order and not randomly, this or that type of cover (in my case, chiefly the one with the title in an oval shape on the top left, author at the bottom, blue background, deeper blue police) ? Thanks in advance for any tip.

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02-17-2023, 08:01 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can customize cover generation by long clicking the generate cover button and select only those styles and colors you want.

02-18-2023, 05:40 AM	#3
Jacques Q. Connoisseur Posts: 92 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Paris Device: quite a few Kindles...	Thanks very much for always being fast and helpful!

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