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- In our last video we showed you how to make an e-book,
and in this video we're gonna show you
how to make a sexy, 3D cover for it.
- Oh, yeah, sexy, sexy, it's all I do.
- This is important because studies have shown
that using 3D renderings of digital products
can increase conversions up to 43%.
- Whoa!
- And this is how we do it.
♪ This is how we do it ♪
- 3D mock-ups look great on sales pages,
landing pages, and websites,
and they're not that hard to do.
So the tool we want to show you today
is called Boxshot.
This is a premier 3D rendering tool,
but you do have a free version available to you
over at bookshot.com/3d-pack/3d-book.
- Nice, easy link there to remember.
- Yeah. (laughs)
- We're gonna put that link below as well guys, for you.
- In the description.
- So, on Boxshot, select hard cover book
and there's three files it asks for.
It asks for the front cover, the spine, and the back cover.
For the front cover you're going to want to create
a portrait cover in something like canva.com.
Here's one we created earlier.
That sounds like a book.
- [Pete] I really wanna write the book to this cover.
Just saying, it sounds amazing.
- This is 1,410 pixels by 2,250 pixels.
- Nicely counted.
(laughing)
- I love it when you surprise me with an unscripted joke.
- You'll remember in our last video
that we actually like landscape e-books.
- Oh, yes. - But, if you're gonna
turn it into a 3D mock-up,
we usually do that in a portrait style.
Go for the classic,
because it's a lot more recognisable.
But, if you want, you can create
a 3D landscape cover, too.
- Now you don't necessarily need a spine,
but if you want one, create that in Canva as well.
That is 150 pixels by 2,250 pixels.
For the back cover you don't really need it,
because we're just going to be looking at the front.
Okay, so once you have all these to hand,
import them into Boxshot.
Click on the video camera and drag
to get the angle you want, click the light bulb
to set any shadows, oh yeah, it's a little bit fancy.
Then click render.
You'll get various options of this stage
based on how long you want to wait
and how big you want the image to be.
We'd recommend going for the higher one
and giving yourself 10 minutes.
This is going to give you an image you can
click and download to use wherever.
♪ Whenever, wherever ♪
Pete does like Shakira.
Now the issue with this is it's gonna have
a white background like this.
Not great if you wanna put it on a coloured background,
or on a photo background, or even on your video.
See?
Doesn't look that pretty.
Although it is gonna be perfect
if you just wanna put it on a white background,
so some people that's completely fine for.
But, if you do want a higher quality image
on a transparent background,
after you have rendered that image
it will give you the option to upgrade.
Now it is $19.99 to get one with a transparent background
so you might kind of weigh that up and think
whether it's worth it or not.
Pretty cool, right?
Okay, guys, I really hope you've--
- Wait, wait, wait, can we give them
one more option first?
Just one more?
One more option, yeah?
- I'm not even wearing a watch.
- No. - Go on then.
- Okay, if you go to adazing.com/free-book-mock-up,
with hyphens in between,
enter your name and email address,
and your cover just like we did before on Boxshot,
and it will give you up to three, free,
transparent background images, 3D renders of your book.
Awesome.
- Now there's no perspective editing on these,
you do just get the three, free templates,
but if you then upgrade for $12.75,
you get your book in various situations.
Including, your book in the library.
- [Pete] Your book on a beach.
- Your book in front of a nice, warm fire.
- Oh, cosy.
So there's two, awesome tools that you can use
if you don't have like the pro version of Canva,
or Illustrate, or Photoshop,
two tools you can use to create 3D renders of your book
to make your sales pages and landing pages look awesome.
- Guys, if you missed our latest free giveaway,
then please go check it out.
It's 10, free, Canva e-book templates
that make all this easier.
- To go get it, all you need to do is
go to andrewandpete.com/easyebooks to get your hands on it.
Get all those lovely, free templates for you to use.
- And now guys let us know what you think in the comments.
Are you going to be using either bits
of this software to create some 3D mockups?
Or is there another, better software
that we need to know about?
- Let us know in the comments!
- I've been Andrew. - I've been Pete.
- See ya next time. - See ya.