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What they claim to do is create a 3D-rendere image of a book, a spiral binder, a software box or a package from 2D photos and some text fields, which you can then place on your product page on your website.
Only a few of them offer downloadeable trials - the majority of them displays only a "spammy" ultralong webpage with lots of testimonials, some good loking demo pictures and then send you to the online shop where you can buy the product for typically something about $80 - $150.
There seems to be a lot of affiliate marketing in that area too, with pages looking VERY similar to each other but at first glance offering differnt products...
It all looks a bit shady to me.
On the other hand I NEED a software like this right now. I know, given enough time I could achieve the same effect with Photoshop - but the few programs which offered downloadeable trials seem much easier.
So how can I seperate between the ones who want to rip me off and the ones who give value for money?
Any advice on these programs? Anybody using such a software?
Any help would be appreciated.
So, you could take a rectangle, extrude it to look like a box and map your cover on the front. It works great too.
If you don't have Illustrator CS, it's not cheap to buy. But, in a pinch, there are ways of getting the software for free...
[not an invitation to sticky me for a copy as I don't distribute my software]
The nice thing about the programs mentioned is that they take care of the 3D-rendering, lighting, shading etc. all by themselves.
From the downloadeable trial versions the Virtual Cover Designer gives the best impression, but it doesn't do any anti-aliasing and it's hard to overcome the recommende 350x400 pixel image size.
I'm still not too happy with it and I would have hoped that anybody out here uses one of these packages or could direct me to another software to do this...
