A nice package leads to a profitable sale. When you sell a book or some software, you should have a cool package for it. the good news is that you do not need actual cartons or paper. There are 3 typical approaches to making a virtual cover:

- Asking someone to do it for you

- Grasping the essence of Photoshop

- Employing some specialized software

If you have a a company that can do it for you, the job will be a piece of cake. Nevertheless, excellent designers charge big money. Every box shot or ebook cover will round up to $150. Using Photoshop is fine if you know how to work with it. To do everything properly additional action scripts could be needed that cost extra money. And remember the value of Photoshop: it will rob you of $600. A more straightforward third choice is to find yourself some boxshot software. It is good to know that the supply of such solutions is competitive with the prices at $15-100. There are a lot of solutions to choose from. Actually, there are 3 types of such programs:

Ready made templates which allow no freedom

Simple 3D rendering programs

3D with ray tracing

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