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A good wrapping leads to a good sale. When you would like to distribute an e-book or a piece of software, you should obtain a cool package for it. the good news is that you do not need real cartons or paper. There are three standard ways to create a virtual cover:

- Requesting it from a designer

- Learning the nuts and bolts of Photoshop

- Using some cool dedicated software

If you have a a company that can do it for you, the job will be a piece of cake. However, good designers ask for big money. Each new product box or e-book cover will Cost up to $160. Using Photoshop is fine if you know how to make the program do what you want from it. To do everything properly additional action scripts might be necessary that are not that cheap. Do not forget the value of Photoshop: it will rob you of $600. A more straightforward 3rd choice is to get yourself cute boxshot software. Starting from $15 you can get your hands on a product that will match your needs. There is obviously plenty room for your taste. Actually, there are 3 sorts of such programs:

Fixed templates, without free rotation

Simple 3D rendering programs

3D with ray tracing

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