Generate a book cover concept from your genre and synopsis, then export a PSD with an editable title and author line.
The job
Book covers are a packaging problem. The cover has to signal genre in a thumbnail, carry a title that survives at small sizes, and leave room for an author name without feeling crowded. Image-only generators often produce a striking scene and then paint the title into it, which makes every revision expensive.
This workflow separates those jobs. GPT Image 2 creates the cover art and mood, and the PSD studio adds the title, subtitle, and author line as editable text layers. You can test several titles against the same visual, or keep the title and change the art direction.
It is built for indie authors, small presses, and book marketers who need a credible cover concept before commissioning a final illustrated cover. The goal is a cover you can put in front of readers today and hand to a designer tomorrow, with the title still editable in both cases.
Generate several cover directions for the same manuscript and compare which one signals the genre fastest in a small thumbnail.
Keep one visual and test multiple titles or subtitles in the PSD studio, then export a fresh preview for each option.
Reuse a visual system across a series while changing the title, volume number, and author line in editable layers.
Create a credible cover for a pre-order page, newsletter, or pitch deck before the final illustration is commissioned.
Start from a tested recipe
Copy a prompt or open it directly in the workspace. Each recipe is written for a different layout, not just a different adjective.
A tense, restrained cover base with room for a short title.
A literary thriller cover background: a wet road through a pine forest, cold fog, one amber light in the distance, desaturated green and charcoal, fine grain, vertical composition, clean title area at the top. No text, no logo.
A warm romance direction that leaves the title area open.
A contemporary romance cover background: a sunlit kitchen with two coffee cups, soft linen curtains, warm peach and cream palette, shallow depth of field, generous space for a handwritten-style title. No text, no people, no logo.
A high-contrast sci-fi base built for a bold title.
A science fiction cover background: a small spacecraft above a mineral planet, deep indigo and acid green palette, hard rim light, vast negative space, retro-futurist poster texture, no text, no logo.
A clean nonfiction cover that stays readable in a thumbnail.
A minimal business book cover background: a single geometric staircase made of paper, off-white studio background, one saturated orange accent, soft shadow, lots of clean space for a title and subtitle. No text, no logo.
Live workspace
Start from a prompt or a source image. Images run on GPT Image 2; the PSD studio adds editable title and body layers.
Local layout · no credits needed
Skip to the AI generator ↓Choose a poster, invitation or product banner. Edit the copy, use your own image or a result from the generator below, and download a real 8-bit RGB PSD with separate background, artwork, title and body layers.
Edit the copy and choose Update preview. Layout and file export happen in your browser.
1024 × 1280 px · Example artwork
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The workflow
State the genre, audience, tone, setting, and one visual motif. A synopsis is useful, but the cover brief should be much shorter.
Ask for a vertical composition with a quiet title area and no baked-in text.
Use the studio PSD layout to set the title, subtitle, and author line as editable text.
Export a PNG, shrink it to store-thumbnail size, and confirm the title is still readable before you continue.
Honest limits
Direct answers about the workflow, the export, and what still needs a human review.
You can use it as a starting point or a final cover if the plan and model terms allow commercial use. For a professional release, have a cover designer review typography and print requirements.
Yes. The studio creates title and body text layers, which you can edit and re-export. The generated art remains a raster layer.
Yes. Upload a PNG or JPEG into the studio and use the PSD layout to add the title and author text on top.
A 2:3 portrait ratio is a useful starting point for ebooks and store thumbnails. Print covers need a printer-specific trim size and spine calculation.
Yes. Keep the same visual prompt and change the title, volume number, and author line. Small variations in the prompt can create a family of covers.
Do not rely on the image model for final typography. Ask for no text and add the real title in the PSD studio.
Yes. The author line is editable text, so you can use a pen name or imprint name.
Yes. Minimal, geometric, and photographic directions work well for business, self-help, memoir, and other nonfiction categories.
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