Ok, you download an e-cover action script, load it to your photoshop. You spend 2 hours try to design killer e-cover but all you get is an ugly e-book cover. Well, Max is going to teach you the secret to creating stunning ecovers, he’s also going to give you all the action scripts, ready-to-use graphics and text, ecover samples and much more. You can just click and drag each of these elements into your own designs in second. The result! incredibly professional e-cover that you could create in just 15 second!!

What will you get with the Click and Drag Graphics Package:

1. Starter Templates

These “starter templates” are simple blank templates with a few subtle “effects” that spice them up. Even though these templates are simple, they look very professional with their subtle effects.

You get starter templates for headers in 3 different sizes (650, 700, and 750 pixels wide) and each cover shape (ebook, box, cd, report, ezine, member card, etc.). With all these different variations, you’ll be getting hundreds of templates to choose from.

2. Click And Drag Objects

This module is what makes this package so easy to use and so unique. No other package offers anything like these Click & Drag objects. With these Click & Drag objects you can literally create a professional and eye catching design for your site in minutes.

You get all kinds of Click & Drag objects to choose from like:

Text - already preformatted with the proper font, size, and layer style effects. Just drag it over to your header or cover, change the text to your own product or site name, and you’re done.

Text Bars, Squares, Circles, Stars, and Corners - these are the little shapes that go behind your text to make it stand out more and give it emphasis.

Horizontal Bars - These go across your whole header or cover to divide them into portions or to give that finishing touch.

All of these objects come on their own layers and are completely customizable. So you can resize them, rotate them, change their colors, change the text to what ever text you want, etc.. You can customize them to your liking.

3. Layer Styles

Layer styles add an effect to your layers with one click. So if you want your text to look “cool”, you can add a spicy effect to it by simply clicking on one of the layer styles. Just type your text, click on the layer style button, and your text will get an effect. Max has compiled and created all of the cool text effects you can find on all of the popular designs out there.

4. eCover Action Scripts

Max has recorded the steps he took to turn 2D covers into 3D covers. So all of the distort, resize, and other commands got recorded and can be played back with just a few clicks, and turn a 2D cover into 3D in seconds.

So basically, you start with a blank template or a “starter template. You then create your own design. And finally you play the eCover action of your choice and the cover turns into 3D right before your eyes.

5. Other Templates

In addition to the Starter Templates in Module 1, you will also get templates for all kinds of other mini site graphics like order buttons, footers, backgrounds, and even simple HTML mini site templates. So you’ll be able to create all the graphics for your mini site with the packag.

6. Video Tutorials

This package comes with easy to follow, step-by-step, screen capture video tutorials. Everything is broken down for you in simple terms, so even if you’re a complete newbie you’ll be able to get started right away.

7. Graphics Swipe File

You’ll get over a hundred of Max own favorite designs that he has done for his clients (covers, headers, order buttons, footers, and backgrounds). This swipe file will save you countless hours of frustration and “being stuck” for ideas again.

8. Resources

Max will be sharing with you his favorite design related resources like:

• Where he get his stock images from.

• Where he get his fonts.

• Where he get his ideas for designs.

• A cool place to get hundreds more layer styles, patters, brushes, textures, and more.

• And much more…

This resource module will save you hours of trial and error time trying to locate all of these places on your own.

And MORE..

This is a complete design package. I highly recommend for newbies in graphics design to get this package as you can experiment with the graphics, use it in your design and plus, your clients will be impressed;)

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So nice of manicho for releasing his real and stylish DVD case template. This would come handy if you are planning to have cover for your products. Do not mistaken, this is not an action script. You would have to tweak the layers yourself. If you want to change the box color, look on the “dvd case” group and tweak them with Hue/Saturation.

Professional ecover graphics can and in most cases will help you sell more copies of your digital product (s). I searched over the internet and found two action scripts for making your own super fast, beautiful and professional looking ecover and box.

These scripts will do the job for you automatically. Just follow these steps:

1. Download the script and unzip it.

2. Open your photoshop. Then press Alt + F9 on your keyboard. This will open the the action box.

3. Click the small arrow on the right and choose load actions.

4. Find the the action scripts and press load.

5. You can see the script is in your action box.

6. Expand it by clicking the small arrow on the left and select step 1. Then select ‘play’.

7. A template will open. Design your ebook (add title, pictures, color..yadee..yadaa…) anyway you like..

8. The final step is to select the step 2 and click play..and wait for a sec and walla!…your new ebook cover:)

Download the free action scripts below:
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You may have seen one of several popular YouTube videos of Nico Di Mattia and other great graphics designers creating photo-realistic portraits in photoshop that, thanks to time lapse video, appear to been done in minutes. According to Wikipedia, speed painting is an exercise, primarily digital, in which one paints on a time budget, using already developed methods to create a piece. Contrary to (somewhat) popular belief, “Speed Painting” is not the same as a time-lapse video of a painting.

The video of John Locke painting by Nico Di Mattia showed the painting was done less than 6 minutes, but actually the real time took 4 hours. So Nico Di Mattia’s paintings do not fall directly under the speed painting category, they are commonly associated with it due to the time-lapsed nature of the video. I would call it a fast foward video painting. But if I were able to paint John Locke in photoshop, it would take a month to finish it. So how did Nico Di Mattia paint in less a day?

To be able to paint like him, you need a graphic tablet with a cordless pen and a cordless mouse, that plugs into a USB port. Using a pen rather than a mouse for drawing on a computer give you the feel like you’re drawing naturally and makes creating fine detail much easier.

Head over to his website to see the techniques, tools, and tricks he uses.

And watch his latest 6.05 minutes speed painting videos of Bumblelee which the painting was done in 19 hours of working…amazing!

And another video by Spacepaintings which was done in 1 minute,
and what category shall this type of painting goes into do you think?
Speed spray painted painting? fast spray painting?

The 1 Minute Painting - Funny bloopers are a click away