Originally posted by: Papa Vader
How in yoda's name do you whip up these 3d look for your covers? Can you use a freeware prog to do it and does anyone have a template for this?
This is cool looking and a nice way to show them...
How in yoda's name do you whip up these 3d look for your covers? Can you use a freeware prog to do it and does anyone have a template for this?
This is cool looking and a nice way to show them...
Well, initially everyone just rendered them out of 3D programs, then those without started faking it it 2D graphics programs by adding a black border, add perspective via warping, combine all the sides, add shadows, etc. Luckily though now there are several programs that are designed for this, most aren't free, but I believe a lot of people now use IMANDIX. There's maybe a more popular equivalent, but I don't know about it yet. Never used any of these methods myself yet, so I can't help you out further unfortunately.
[edit]Here you go, my first cover render...
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