Application User Interface

The application menu provides access to common commands and operations.

The list displays all design layers in Z-order. You may rearrange the order of the layers by using Up & Down tool buttons at the top of the list.

 

The item's check box allows locking and toggling the layer visibility without actual deleting it.

The toolbar provides quick access to the most common operations and actions.

The 3D preview area instantly shows how your 3D box shot or cover looks like. You can quickly adjust object's position, zoom factor and angles with the mouse.

To set those and more 3D parameters explicitly double click on the preview area or right click on it and select Setting in the pop up menu. This will open 3D Preview Settings dialog.

The panel consists of several sections that allow applying various visual effects to a selected layer. Initially all layers have no effects. Once you have applied an effect to a layer the corresponding effect tab is colored with green.

 

The General section shows the settings which are specific to the layer's type. Other sections, with visual effects are the same for all layer types.

The toolbar allow quick zooming of the Visual Designer area or setting its scale explicitly. It also helps manage the current color settings.

The designer area is a core part of TBS Cover Editor main window. It allows adding and moving layers in WYSIWYG manner.

 

The designer represent all sides of the cover in a single flat view. The dashed lines shows the box side bounds.

With TBS Cover Editor you haven't to design each side of the shot separately anymore.

 

Use bottom toolbar to zoom in \ out the design view.

 

Use Visual Designer Toolbar on the top of the designer area to add new layers.

The color selection area helps select a new active color with a single click. Use Swatches palette to keep the most used colors.

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Cover properties     Use this section to specify the background color of the color and basic dimensions of the 3D model.

Vector shapes     With the list of vector shapes you may easily add a new shape layer to your design. Simply drag the shape from the list and drop it into the Visual Designer area to create a new layer.

Layer library       With the Layer Library you can save a layer or a group of layers to the repository and quickly access to these layers any time later.