What Are Some Websites/apps That Can Help You Make Wattpad Book Covers

Which is the best cover making app for wattpad?

There are a bunch of great options for design a cover for your Wattpad book. It’s a matter of balancing ease of use with flexibility. Depending on your experience with design, here are some options to consider:Covers by Wattpad: Available for Android and iOS, this mobile app designed by Wattpad HQ lets you search through their library of photos (and upload your own) before applying filters and adding text.Pros: It’s free, pretty simple, and integrated into WattpadCons: There’s every chance your cover will look like someone else’sCanva: This surprisingly powerful web-based design tool has it’s very own Wattpad cover templates which will help you get started. You get access to a wider range of images to choose from, so long as you’re happy paying the low $1 price tag for each image.Pros: Also free (mostly); more powerful; more choiceCons: a somewhat slight learning curveAdobe Photoshop: Still the gold-standard in design tools. The best part about learning to use PS is the goldmine of tutorial videos available on YouTube! There’s a bit of a learning curve, and it’s not free – but it has a 30-day free trial that will let you use ALL its features.Pros: Powerful; intuitive; plenty of instructional videosCons: The subscription price ($30+ per month) makes it a bit tough to justifyGIMP: I’m not sure whether the name is PC, but it’s a powerful and — crucially — free, open source alternative to Photoshop.Pros: It offers most of the features of Photoshop; is freeCons: Probably the hardest of the bunch to get the hang of…If you’re using photo editing tools like Photoshop or GIMP, you can search for Wattpad cover templates (or just set your image dimensions to 356 x 400 pixels.Of course, having the tools counts for nothing if you don’t know what to do with them. To pick up some practical tips for making a suitable, effective cover for your Wattpad, check out this article.

Does anyone know how to make a book cover (for Wattpad)?

Creating an effective, eye-catching cover for Wattpad is maybe one of the best ways to help your story stand out from the crowd! Even with the most expensive photo manipulation tools on the planet, you can end up making a terrible cover, so it’s important to follow some time-tested book design rules as well2 Free Tools to Design Your Wattpad CoverCovers by Wattpad: Available for Android and iOS, this mobile app designed by Wattpad HQ lets you search through their library of photos (and upload your own) before applying filters and adding text.Pros: It’s free, pretty simple, and integrated into WattpadCons: There’s every chance your cover will look like someone else’sCanva: This surprisingly powerful web-based design tool has it’s very own Wattpad cover templates which will help you get started. You get access to a wider range of images to choose from, so long as you’re happy paying the low $1 price tag for each image.Pros: More powerful; more choiceCons: $1 image cost; a somewhat slight learning curve3 Essential Tips for Designing Your Wattpad CoverMake sure everything is legible. You know how small the thumbnail is going to be — so before you export your design, shrink it to that size and see if a regular person will be able to read the title or recognize the images.Communicate your genre. Take inspiration from novels that are similar in tone or content to your story. You want readers to see your design and go, “Oh… that looks a bit like the cover for x — I love that book, so I’ll give this story a go.”Use brighter, high contrast images. This will not only help your text stand out, it will also make your cover pop when it’s next to a bunch of muddy, subdued designs.For more design tips, check out this experiment where four books were given a brand now cover that followed basic book design principles.

Will using actors' photos for book covers on Wattpad look professional?

Using an actor’s photo, or any other person’s for that matter, without their consent, can be tricky, and I wouldn’t recommend it. Depending on what you’re using the photo for, you might need to use a model release. Here’s more information about model releases:Model Releases: What You Need to Know (With Samples)If you were thinking about using an actor that your readers like as a way to get more engagement, the reality is: you don’t have to. You can always organize your own photo shoot! You just need some friends that are willing to give you a hand, one that has a good eye for photography and one that looks like the character you want to portray on your cover. Just pick up a cool location and take some nice shots. It will be not only fun, but will give you photo material for more books, if you write in a series. Neat! But be careful, even if they are your friends, make everyone signs a release, stating that they agree to do this work for you, and that the people that are modelling agree to let you use their image (even if they’re friends, is always better to get everything in writing, and I’m sure they won’t mind.) It doesn’t have to be a complicated contract, just a basic agreement, something like this:Simplified model releaseAbout designing the cover itself, be careful. A bad cover can kill your book right then and there! If your cover sucks, the readers won’t give your book a chance, no matter how good your story is. Unless you are a designer, I would never recommend to make it yourself. You can find design services online that won’t break you bank and your book will really thank you for it.I’m a cover designer myself. Check my website for some professional book cover samples in different genres:Striking Book Covers - Book Cover Design for Authors in eBook and Print