It's a real challenge marketing
products that people can't hold in their hands. What does it look
like? Is it cool? Is it right for me? Do I really need it?
In order to remove these doubts --
these reasons for people to abandon a sale -- you need to make these
intangible products tangible through the creation of a well designed
graphic -- an ebook cover or a software box. Unfortunately, most of
us are not artists, and that's where Virtual
Cover Creator comes in might handy. Check out the sample
graphics below.
Sure you could pay a
professional designer about $100.00 to create a single cover, but
wouldn't you rather spend the same amount of money to create
unlimited designs yourself? It's a no-brainer decision. Sure you
would.
Now there are several
software tools available to create ebook covers and software boxes
and CD cases. Most are quite good. The best of them come with a
library of ready-made professionally designed graphics. Virtual
Cover Creator does, too. In fact, I think their graphics are
among the best I've seen to date. All you need to do is add
some text and, bingo, you're done.
Virtual
Cover Creator allows for
tremendous flexibility. It has a built-in graphics package so you no
longer need to juggle between multiple packages to create your
design. This really makes it much faster to complete your project.
The graphics package is VERY powerful. I was surprised by
what it could do. Very full-featured, making this almost like two
tools in one.
After you design your
front cover, spine or box tops, you can assemble them and view them
in 3D immediately. The rendering is top-notch with
Direct X 8.1 installed and a fast processor. You can rotate
the image, change the lighting, the reflection, the shadows, all in
real-time. Fantastic!
The neatest feature I
have seen is the ability to manipulate objects. Let's say you
have designed a wide book case to hold multiple books. You can
determine the number of books that will fit into the book case. You
can slide each book in and out of the case. You can slide a
CD in and out of its jewel case. This is VERY cool.
While I have used other
competitive products for some time, Virtual
Cover Creator may very well become the only tool I
use to create covers and boxes in the future. It's that good. To
learn more and download a FREE trial, click here.