Making Book Jackets Was a Tedious Task, Until Now
Having worked in a book design studio, I know that laying out a book jacket can be a tedious job. Adding all the dimensions together, pulling out the guides, drawing fold marks, etc. and you had better be precise! This script creates a book jacket in seconds.
Simple & Fast with Perfect Measurements
It can’t get easier, just type in your sizes and click OK. In a few seconds your custom book jacket is ready. Let's be honest, we all make mistakes. Manually creating a book jacket requires many steps in which you might measure wrong or forget something. Let the script do the hard work. Printing and making PDFs is easy! Simply check on “Include Slug Area” in the Print or PDF dialogs to include the fold and crop marks.
Change Spine Thickness Whenever You Want new!
Jackets are often created before the thickness of a spine is known. No problem. Files made with Make Book Jacket can have their spine, covers, flaps, etc. adjusted after they’ve been created. See it in action!
Preview Mode for Jackets new!
Looking at a jacket, you see all parts at once. With one click, preview layers cover the extra stuff so you see just the spine, cover, etc. like readers would see it on a bookshelf! Once you see this feature in action you won't be able to design without it.
Save Your Own Presets new!
If you frequently use the same sizes and settings, save them as presets. Presets can easily be shared among co-workers. Ditch your old stash of template files and switch to Make Book Jacket today!
Quickly Pays For Itself
Make Book Jacket costs just $20. Considering all the time it will save, it will pay for itself in no time. Let Make Book Jacket do the tedious work, so you can spend more time being creative.
There's Even More…
Easy Prints and PDFs
This script sets the Slug guides to include the fold marks, so printing with/without them is as easy as checking on "Include Slug Area" in the Print or PDF dialogs.
Spine Safety Guides
You don't want type or art too close to the spine edge. Spine guides help you stay a safe distance away.
Starter Layers
Some InDesign users like to separate design elements such as type and graphics onto different layers. In Make Book Jacket 4's new Preferences you can have it create the layers for you and name them as you see fit.
Preferences Dialog
Version 4 has more features and more control, yet the interface is even easier to use. The main dialog has been streamlined with just the options you need. Extra options that are best set globally have been moved into a separate Preferences dialog. You can set them once and forget about them.
Here Are Some Examples of Jackets This Script Can Make
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