Monday, December 1, 2008

EZ Ebook Templates

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New “Easy Stripes” Package Released

Posted by Tracy On June - 30 - 2008

I got mine yesterday.

And it was created by one of my favorite authors…..Max of www.maxcovers.com

Max has a great talent for making some of the best cover designs I’ve seen.

But he also has a terrific knack for knowing what types of products to release to the designing community that are beau coup profitable.

While his concepts of picking a profitable product may seem strangely simple, I think that’s what makes them work so well.

They are simple.

And that’s outstanding!

Sometimes with the never ending clutter of our world, especially online, we need simple solutions to our designing headaches. And Max certainly delivers on that.

Enough a** kissing already! Tell me about this ’simple yet incredibly time saving’ product you speak of…

Okay, okay.

It’s called ‘Easy Striped Backgrounds‘ , and as I mentioned earlier it was created by Max of www.maxcovers.com.

The package consists of 100 web 2.0 styled backgrounds that will tile seamlessly no matter what size page you’re using.

The colors are nice, and there’s a good variety of them to select from to get the perfect match for your next project.

Now, why do I believe this particular product is a ‘time saver’?

Because instead of going over to www.stripegenerator.com and creating your own stripe-y backgrounds, you can just load up one from the package and be done with it.

It only takes a couple of seconds if you’re using an HTML editor like Dreamweaver. So why not cut down on your design time?

But, that’s not the only thing you’ll find inside here.

Normally, when you create your own web 2.0 seamlessly tiling background image, in order to use it with an image editor like Photoshop, you’d first need to convert the image over to a pattern to fill in an entire background of a project you were working on.

Max has taken care of that too.

He’s included a .pat file that you can simply load up inside of Photoshop and make use of all 100 of the backgrounds with just a couple of mouse clicks.

So, there’s yet another ‘time saver’ with this well rounded ‘designers friend‘ package.

Not only those 2 things, but Max also gives you a Master Resale Rights license to the whole thing so you can resell it to other ‘needy’ designers out there.

Here’s What’s Inside:

  • 100 .png Files For Every Web 2.0 Stripe-y Background
  • 1 .pat File For Use Inside of Photoshop Helping You Create Background Areas Within Your Designs
  • A Master Resale Rights License For The Whole Package
  • 1 Saleskit For Super Easy Reselling
  • And 1 .txt File of Simple Instructions on How to Use The Backgrounds

It’s a wonderful package that Max has priced low at just $17.

And I’m sure you’re curious to see examples of the backgrounds themselves, so you can check those out:

See Max’s Easy Striped Backgrounds Package Here

(be sure you order from the main index.htm page ONLY
or you'll pay the regular price!!)

And, if you decide you want to add Max’s newest package to your designing arsenal, you can do so and save $7 off the original price from the same link above ^^^^^^^.

I highly recommend this package for those looking to shave some time off their designing projects and still stay ‘up-to-snuff’ with the latest web 2.0 styles.

Way to go Max. And keep those packages comin’!

I, for one, can’t get enough of them ;-)

Don’t Scrapbook? So What!!

Posted by Tracy On May - 30 - 2008

Even if you DON’T scrapbook, you can get some awesome design elements that can be used commercially from quite a few “digital scrapbooking” websites. And many of them at really affordable prices for the packages.

I’ve actually found some pretty cool brushes, actionscripts, styles, and shapes all from, you guessed it, scrapbooking websites!

It really doesn’t matter if you don’t scrapbook, or if your ebook has nothing to do with the scrapbooking hobby, you can still get some brilliant stuff to add to your ebook templates for low cost.

And, with that said, here’s a list of the best places I’ve found:

Scrappin’ Freestyle
there’s better than 1000 different “commercial use” photoshop actionscripts, styles, shapes, and brushes here. a great resource.

DigiScrap Warehouse
another outstanding site that has plenty of “commercial use” photoshop styles, shapes, brushes, and more

Sophia Sarducci’s Warehouse
some really cool stuff here that can be used commercially in your ebook designs

Groovy Scraps
yep, another digital scrapbooking site where you can pick up some pretty cool commercial use PS elements like brushes, shapes, etc.

Eclectic Digital Designs
more digital scrapbook commercial licensed goodies

Hawksmont Universe
this dude is the coolest! he offers a nice selection of photoshop brushes that you can use commercially including beautiful flower sets, among others. this is one site you seriously need to bookmark!

I’m sure that if you use your imagination, you can come up with some pretty cool ebook template designs.

Now, get out there and get to work creating something beautiful!