Is there an easier program than gimp?

13 years ago

Paint that comes installed in Windows will do what you want.

The two things Paint won't do that many ebook cover graphics use is "perspective" and advanced type features.

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jamesrich1

13 years ago

I agree that Gimp has a little bit of a learning curve but its worth learning it. To change the picture size you use scale image.

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Karen Blundell

13 years ago

I've used PhotoImpact for years, and it is now owned by Corel. You can get a copy of PhotoImpact X3 for $79 and you can even work with PhotoShop files as well as many other file formats. I consider it to be a very good alternative to PhotoShop at a fraction of the price.

It is far easier to work with than the Gimp, though I have both programs. I know what you mean about the Gimp. It's not for the faint of heart. lol

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EdwinBrownJr 13 years ago

I have used pixlr it's an online image editing software
it looks and feels like photo shop it, you can even open
and edit your psd's with pixlr...
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WriterWahm

13 years ago

You could also try picnik.com It is really easy to use but will only be available till April something (not sure the exact date). All their premium features are available for free from now till then.

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Tobarja

13 years ago

Try Paint.NET, it's free and has a decent amount of features and plugins.

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JackieGold 13 years ago

I usually use paint.NET as well.
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DianaHeuser

13 years ago

You can also use MS PowerPoint to create the graphic and then just take the graphic and use an online 3D ecover site to create the actual 3d book cover.

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PaulyC

13 years ago

It does take a bit of learning to use Gimp adequately, but if all you're looking for is a tool to create an ecover (or any sort of product cover for that matter), I'd highly suggest using myecovermaker.com

I've been using that site for a while and it does cost a few dollars, but the simplicity and professional looking products you can make are well worth the investment. Just so you know, I believe it's about $4 per cover, or you can purchase a monthly subscription for around $10.

Also, in order to use a wide variety of different fonts, I use dafont.com which has a huge list of really cool fonts and they're free.

Hope that helps you out!

Pauly

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Michael Oksa

13 years ago

Originally Posted by PaulyC

It does take a bit of learning to use Gimp adequately, but if all you're looking for is a tool to create an ecover (or any sort of product cover for that matter), I'd highly suggest using myecovermaker.com

I've been using that site for a while and it does cost a few dollars, but the simplicity and professional looking products you can make are well worth the investment. Just so you know, I believe it's about $4 per cover, or you can purchase a monthly subscription for around $10.

Also, in order to use a wide variety of different fonts, I use dafont.com which has a huge list of really cool fonts and they're free.

Hope that helps you out!

Pauly

Hi Pauly,

I agree, MyEcoverMaker is easy to use, and very affordable.

All the best,
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Karen Blundell 13 years ago

Originally Posted by PaulyC

Also, in order to use a wide variety of different fonts, I use dafont.com which has a huge list of really cool fonts and they're free.

Pauly

that is one of my most favorite bookmarks, Pauly. It's probably the best font site, in my opinion.

there are some great ideas in this thread, and a lot of very low cost solutions, some new ones I've yet to try, too.

Dana, now your problem is going to be what ones to try, lol.

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Sharyn Sheldon

13 years ago

Paint is very straightforward and easy. If you have Word 2010, you can edit right in there and it has many more options for things like text effects.

I found Gimp difficult also and not very intuitive.

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The Copy Warriors

13 years ago

Inkscape is the easiest one to learn, but its functionality is very limited.

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13 years ago

Hi Dana I just sent you a PM lol

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WebPen

13 years ago

Adobe Fireworks is easier (in my opinion) than Gimp.

It's not really cheap, but I think you can get a 30 day free trial.

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13 years ago

Dana,

Contact Big Mike on here ... his GFX writer can do what you need .. is affordable .. and if I can use it .. anyone can.

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Rok Solid

13 years ago

I've got 2 options for you:

James J Jones just sent out an email offering GIMP tutorials for $7 over the weekend. He does weekend specials every week and the $7 price is usually only valid until Sunday at midnight but I just checked and the price on the sales page hasn't gone up yet.

sevenbuckaroos.com/gimp

The other option is for folks using a Mac. It's a program called Pixelmator and it costs about $59 and it's a layer based graphic program (like GIMP and Photoshop) that let's you open and edit Photoshop files. I'm no graphic guy but I've been able to use it to make simple web graphics and add text to photos etc.

Of course the price tag was much more appealing to me than Adobe's flagship program.

If you go this route you might also want to check out mupromo.com to see if they have discounts

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Dana_W

13 years ago

These are fantastic suggestions, folks!

Yes, my biggest problem with Gimp is that there's nothing intuitive or logical about it. I had someone spend an hour with me trying to help walk me through it, and I vaguely grasp some of the concepts now, but it's still a pain. You can't just grab a corner and change the size, you can't click on things and move them around easily, etc. etc.

But I've gotten some very good ideas from this thread and I will be testing a bunch of them out over the next few days, for sure!

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solveyourtech

13 years ago

You could also look at befunky.com. It's pretty easy to use, entirely online and it has a ton of options.

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AnniePot 13 years ago

I see you are a member of the War Room - Michael Oksa has just published a great free guide there: http://www.warriorforum.com/war-room...ml#post3718062
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Orator

13 years ago

You could always just outsource your graphic work to Fiverr, it's pretty cheap and the quality is good if you shop around.

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Dana_W

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Orator

You could always just outsource your graphic work to Fiverr, it's pretty cheap and the quality is good if you shop around.

I've thpught of that, it's just that it would be nice to have the power to sit down and whip out a cover for myself whenever I need it; freelancers can take a while.

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Robert Boduch

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dana_W

I've thpught of that, it's just that it would be nice to have the power to sit down and whip out a cover for myself whenever I need it; freelancers can take a while.

Dana...

I so hear you on this point! It's easy enough to pay for covers... but much better to be able to do them yourself - particularly if you plan to update your Kindle books at some point.

Here's a simple solution that works well.

Use the Draw program in open office. It's easy to import any image... change sizes... work with various fonts of any size... experiment multiple colors and patterns... and it's easy to move things around quickly. Save your cover as a jpeg image and you're good to go.

If you want to optimize your cover for the Kindle platform, that requires one more step and another free program like Irfanview, or any equivalent.

Once you've designed your cover, import the jpeg file into Irfanview. Go to FILE >> SAVE TO WEB (This is a plug-in that's freely available for Irfanview). This launches another window. Look below the image on the right and click COMPRESS TO SIZE and enter 127 (kilobytes) in the window and then Click OK. Go to the top of the window and hit SAVE. NAME YOUR IMAGE, SAVE IT and you're done. Simple, fast and free.

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Dana_W

13 years ago

What I'm looking for at the moment is the ability to design a book cover for Kindle and Nook books - does the ecover site that Michael Oksa recommends do that? I'm not looking for the e-cover format where it looks like a picture of a 3-D book cover - I need to be able to make traditional book covers.

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Michael Oksa

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dana_W

What I'm looking for at the moment is the ability to design a book cover for Kindle and Nook books - does the ecover site that Michael Oksa recommends do that? I'm not looking for the e-cover format where it looks like a picture of a 3-D book cover - I need to be able to make traditional book covers.

Hi Dana,

My guide covers 3D covers, but the website also has a 2D option. Basically, you design it in 2D, and then you can save it that way or render it into 3D.

You can also try it for free, to see if it fits your specific needs.

All the best,
Michael

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13 years ago

photoshop my friend, photoshop!

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Randall Magwood

13 years ago

Don't want to use Photoshop? You can buy a version of it from Walmart for $90.

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Dana_W 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

Don't want to use Photoshop? You can buy a version of it from Walmart for $90.

Doesn't Photoshop have a really steep learning curve? Is it any easier to use than Gimp?
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Tenzho

13 years ago

You can use Photoshop Action script, which automatically converts plain graphic into 3D cover. (Some are free)

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13 years ago

photoshop is the best, yes you need to learn for a while but i believe after you learn then you`ll be able to create a great pic and also create a new service for you

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Kurt

13 years ago

Hey Dana,

Since you don't want 3D, then my recommendation for Paint is even stronger. I'd at least start with it since it's the most basic program and you already have it installed on your PC. Paint will do everything you require...

I'd say Photoshop and Gimp have about the same learning curve.

You can add fonts to Paint, just like the other programs. But I've found that having too many fonts just makes the decisions harder. And if you're not an artistic person, you'll end up with "strange"results.

Since I'm not artistic, 90% of the time I use Impact for the headline and Verdana for the author. You can literally spend hours trying to find the "perfect" fonts.

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Tony Marriott

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dana_W

I want to do simple cover design, and I downloaded Gimp and watched some Youtube tutorials to try to figure out, but it is a REALLY difficult program. Is there any easier program than Gimp? I don't even mind paying for one if it's reasonably priced. I'm using a PC to do this, if it matters.

Literally all that I want to do is use a stock photo and put a banner across the top and the bottom with an author name and book title. I also need to figure out how to resize the pictures so I can upload the to Kindle, and I may need to clone some color from the top of the picture so that I can put the banner across it without covering up parts of the picture.

Yes, I could pay a cover artist to do that fairly cheaply but I want to get things done quickly, on my schedule, and in the long run it will save money if I do it myself.

Hi,

Gimp is actually very easy if you are not blinded by the 10,000 functions it has. You only need to learn 3 or 4 easy techniques to create excellent graphics.

I've PM'd you a free link

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Kishor Mhaskar

13 years ago

One more thumbs up for Photoshop with action scripts.

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Jamie Lin

13 years ago

Gimp is hard to use than other graphic tools and if you don't have a design skill for cover graphics, it is best to outsource the job as it might be easier to do and cheaper too.

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Dana_W

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Jamie Lin

Gimp is hard to use than other graphic tools and if you don't have a design skill for cover graphics, it is best to outsource the job as it might be easier to do and cheaper too.

I don't mind outsourcing it, but as I mentioned in this thread, I would rather be able to design a simple cover myself then have to wait a week or two for a freelancer to do it. And over the long run I'd save a lot of money if I could design my own covers.

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Jamie Lin

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dana_W

I don't mind outsourcing it, but as I mentioned in this thread, I would rather be able to design a simple cover myself then have to wait a week or two for a freelancer to do it. And over the long run I'd save a lot of money if I could design my own covers.

If that's the case, get a Photoshop course and a Photoshop

It's the best graphic tool along with ecover action scripts. It would only take five minutes to create a cover with action script after you master it.

Cheers.

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Dan C. Rinnert 13 years ago

Just get Photoshop. There are plenty of tutorials and it's pretty easy to use once you know the basics.
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NACAdam

13 years ago

In regards to gimp ..Yes it is involved no doubt about that ... but go youtube GIMP training it may take you about 4 hours but watch some tutorials and put it to practice it really is as good as photoshop keep in mind people take whole college courses on photoshop so none of these softwares are drop dead easy

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RhondaG

13 years ago

I could not understand gimp or paint because I'm not good at things like that. But I found a good way to make my e-covers for my Kindle and other online books.
Here is the program I use. eBook Cover Creator | Free Online eCover Design It's only $9.95 per month, or you can opt for a free version but pay for each cover you download. If you want to see what some of the covers I have done look like you can go to Amazon.com and just put my name in the search box. Rhonda Grice. It should bring up the covers of the five books I have done with this program. Thanks. It's very simple and easy to do and that is why I love it!

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wDigital

13 years ago

I personally Like Gimp, but I appreciate it takes a while to master.

Back in the day I used to love using Macromedia Fireworks, I think Adobe own it now.

In my opinion its easier to use than Gimp, but I have just got used to Gimp now anyway, give fireworks a try, its not free though.

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Asher

13 years ago

Hey Dana,

Looks like everyone's already chipped in their
vote for Photoshop! You're going to need to
get some of the action scripts to create those
nice looking covers though.

But you can try playing around with this site...
It works exactly like Photoshop - except its
free and online. (Uh... doesn't have actions
unfortunately)

SumoPaint.com

Asher

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Dana_W

13 years ago

Interesting. What are actions, or action scripts?

Also - doesn't Photoshop cost like $600? I could get a whole lot of covers designed for me for that price....

Originally Posted by Asher

Hey Dana,

Looks like everyone's already chipped in their
vote for Photoshop! You're going to need to
get some of the action scripts to create those
nice looking covers though.

But you can try playing around with this site...
It works exactly like Photoshop - except its
free and online. (Uh... doesn't have actions
unfortunately)

SumoPaint.com

Asher

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Michael Oksa 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dana_W

Interesting. What are actions, or action scripts?

Also - doesn't Photoshop cost like $600? I could get a whole lot of covers designed for me for that price....

Hi Dana,

Action scripts are not something you need. These are normally add-on scripts to a graphics program that generate 3D covers (e-book, CD, binder, etc.).

It seems as though some people didn't read all of the posts carefully, and that's okay, but I just wanted to let you know that you don't need action scripts for your purposes.

Now, if you wanted to ever change a 2D image into a 3D image, then the site in my guide makes that easy because it stores all of your images, and you can edit or render them at a later time.

I believe the full version of Photoshop is about $600, but Photoshop Elements is around $100. That would most likely serve all of your graphic needs for a long time to come.

All the best,
Michael
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Asher 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dana_W

Interesting. What are actions, or action scripts?

Also - doesn't Photoshop cost like $600? I could get a whole lot of covers designed for me for that price....

Actions are the scripts that turn
plain ol' looking graphics into
digital covers like books, CDs, DVDs,
etc.

Ever notice all the designs have the
same look?

That's cause they all use action
scripts =)

Yeah - the latest Photoshop costs
a bomb - but you could get 2nd hand
ones which do just as well from lots
of places.

Personally, I think it would be better
off to hand the design work to someone
else, Dana.

The amount of time you've spent in
this thread could already have netted
you the design you want since you
already have the concept in mind.

Designers usually want people like you =)
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fdth

13 years ago

I use photoshop elements. you see it often for $50-$90. Usually a good deal at costco. But you can get older versions on ebay or other places really cheap. Version 10 i believe is current, but you might be able to pick up a cheap copy of an earlier version like 7 and it does way more than you're talking about here.
Once you learn how to use layers you won't believe how much you can get done and how nice it looks. Nice being able to output a png that looks good with a transparent background.
It's not really hard to use and because it's so popular you can find all kinds of tutorials and youtube videos on how to do things.

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HorseStall

13 years ago

I personally am partial to Paint Shop Pro it gets the job done and has been around for a long time.

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VickiLee

13 years ago

I use Gimp for my website headers, but had the same question as Dana W.. all this input is fantastic.. and I will be trying out some of these suggestions (besides photoshop! Sorry-- I think Gimp is rather like a free version of Photoshop).
Thanks to everyone for such great suggestions!

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BusinessLady

13 years ago

I use a trial version of photoshop 7 which I have had for a few years now. lol
And I personally don't like gimp either.

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J Bold

13 years ago

I hate doing graphics, for the most part. Those programs can take valuable time to learn, and in the end you may end up being "ok" at it, but some with more proficiency and skill will be able to do better than you, probably.

So, my advice would be just to bite the bullet and pay someone on fiverr $5 to make an ebook cover for you. Less time wasted for you, and you get the job done. Just make sure it's something with near 100% percent feedback and copious reviews.

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cashp0wer 13 years ago

I use Gimp and like it. I do remember it did take a little bit of time to learn it. Paint also works well for most things. I actually prefer Photoshop to anything else but it does cost money.
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Cindy Blankenship

13 years ago

Does starting with your own template simplify the process at GIMP? Or Paint.net? I purchased a template for a 3D softcover and have read here at the forum that having a template means, just dropping the image into it. Maybe there is an easier way to do this with GIMP or Paint.net than what you are finding? You can also get these templates for free, but I could only find one softcover one for free that was halfway decent, and since I had photo credits at a stock site, I got one there. My son is my tech support, so I want to send him a tutorial for adding my 2D ebook cover image to the 3D template I have (which already has shading and all of that). Maybe starting with a template would make the project easier for the OP? I've searched high and low for a tutorial and can't find one other than ebooks for sale, but I'm thinking the directions would be far simpler since I just want the images placed on top of my blank 3D ebook graphic - front cover and spine.

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Will Edwards

13 years ago

Heck, almost ANY program is easier than Gimp!

I personally use the Vicman program you can get here free ...

eWriterPro Creating an eBook Cover

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GarrieWilson

13 years ago

1. FotoFlexer - The world's most advanced online photo editor online photo editor.
2. GimpShop mimics photoshop
3. http://www.sumopaint.com/home/ web clone of Photoshop that is actually as good as Photoshop and simpler to learn.

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RhondaG

13 years ago

I am so non-tech it isn't even funny. I use the myecovermaker like was mentioned earlier and I love it. It's simple and I am able to make my own covers for my Kindle books. If any of you don't want to spend time learning something hard like photoshop or gimp then try this one. I use the $9.95 a month subscription service and it's well worth it to me. Took me a little while to even learn how to play with it, but I was able to make a cover and it looked good. Now that I've been doing it a while i am making my covers look even better.

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ShellC

13 years ago

There's a program called Snagit, made by Techsmith that is great for creating ebook covers. They even have a tutorial that shows you how. Snagit cost $49.95 but has a free trial for 30-days. It's also great for screen captures.

I like it because it can also remove backgrounds from images. It's a lot easier than photoshop.

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Manoj V

13 years ago

Though it too has a learning curve Sumopaint is a bit easier than Gimp.

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Dana_W

13 years ago

So far I've been wussing out and hiring people to do my covers for me, but I still want to learn how to make my own covers. Not even because the covers are that expensive - I've been lucky to find people who were offering sales - but because I am impatient and I want a cover when I want it, not when someone has time to do it for me.
Maybe I'll try snagit. I don't mind paying for a program as long as it's user friendly. I don't want to pay for photoshop at this point because from what I hear it also has a steep learning curve, and because for $600-$700, I could hire a freelancer to design a LOT of ebook covers.

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Techmontro

13 years ago

Hey Dana,

I know what ya mean take a look at this $20 bucks and best of Luck!
Magic Ecover the powers that be won't let me post the link, hit the search eng. you'll be glad you did... if you haven't already purchased

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Dana_W

13 years ago

I appreciate all the great suggestions that people have posted! I am signing up for a photoshop class and a principles of digital design class at my local community college. I've been wanting to do this for ages, for both book covers and websites. I'm just not having any luck teaching myself to do book covers - the covers that I do myself are butt ugly.

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