Create Paperback eBook Covers
September 3rd 2009 08:42 pm
I keep seeing those really cool eBook cover images that look like paperback books.
I’ve been trying to make one myself in Photoshop, but I can’t quite find the write distortion filter to do what I want.
Then I found a website with a FREE Photoshop action that will do exactly this!!!
You do need Photoshop; a version that supports Actions. If you see Actions under the Windows menu, you’re all set. I have Photoshop CS.
Next go to this blog post and download it: Creative Techs blog. Unzip it and then load it from the actions window in Photoshop.
You’ll see that the action has two steps. First play Step 1. It will create a new Photoshop document with a template of a book:
Next edit the template and customized it to your own book cover. You can just paste something in on a new layer if it matches the proportions and then hide/delete the layers you don’t need. But don’t get rid of the blue blackground layer. I don’t know what it does, but you’ll get an error if you delete it.
Once you have it all set the way you want it, run Step 2. It will create another new Photoshop document that looks like this:
As you can see, it create a paperback book image from your flat ebook cover. I has the nice reflection on the bottom as if it is sitting on shiny, white table.
This has got to be the greatest free tool I’ve found yet.
Later—I just poked around a little more.
The website this action is from is called Cover Actions Pro and they have similar Photoshop actions for all types of covers. It was just coincidence that the exact one I needed is the one they offered for free.
If I ever start making money at internet marketing and develop a bunch of information products, I’ll probably pay for their other covers.
I like their tool so much that I just signed up to be an affiliate for them, so if this post was helpful to you, I hope you’ll check out their site using this affiliate link: Cover Action Pro
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