Design your Own eBook Cover that Sells!

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What is this Course?: - Hey, - guys, - what's up? - My name is Philip Dinner. - I'm an instructor for the design. - Your own e book cover course. - This is the promo video, - and I just want to tell you a little bit about it a little bit about myself so that you - feel confident that this is the course for you. - What's this course all about? - I'm going to teach you everything you need to know to create a professional, - great looking cover that sells more books. - We're gonna teach you all the formats sizing, - right font choice, - right? - Color choices, - right? - Image choices. - Thinking about the thumbnail version. - Thinking about all the different formats and sizes for Apple, - Barnes and Noble Google, - um, - Amazon kindle all the different marketplaces. - This is the course for you. - The classes taught by myself. - I have a background in video production and design and a professional graphic designer from - the UK. - Amy. - So you're getting too great teachers in one great course who should take this course? - Anyone that's writing a book, - anyone that writes e books, - anyone that just wants to learn how to design e book covers. - Really? - It's for beginners. - You don't have to have a design background at all. - You don't know I have to know anything about photo shop. - I teach the course and photo shop, - but I give you great tips on the basic tools on how to use Photoshopped. - Four e book designers. - So if you've never opened Photoshopped before and even if you don't have Photoshopped, - don't worry. - I'm gonna teach you how to get photo shopped for free for this course, - and I'm gonna teach you. - Like I said, - all the basics you'll need to know for creating great e book cover. - So don't worry about that. - Thank you for watching. - If you have any questions, - please let me know. - I'm sure you're going to enjoy joined this chorus and I'll see you inside by 2. Course Overview: - Hey, - what's up? - This is Phil Hebner with video school online bringing you another great course. - Design your own e book cover. - I'm very excited to be teaching this course. - I'm actually writing an e book myself, - and it's so popular nowadays, - and there's tons of courses on how to write books, - how to write E books, - how to format e books. - But I couldn't find any course on how to design an e book cover, - and there's articles here and there online, - but I thought it would be great toe actually teach a full course on how to design a - professional e book cover on your own. - So what is this course all about? - This course? - As I mentioned, - it's all about designing an e book cover. - So I go from, - you know, - not only the practical how to where I actually go into photo shop and show you how you - create an e book cover. - But I also talked about, - you know, - the behind the scenes stuff. - Why are you creating this cover? - What sort of cover should you be creating? - What are the do's and don't of e book covers? - So I give you lots of tips and rules of thumbs for thumbs for ah, - creating your own e book cover s So it's really a complete guide. - Uh, - I'll go over, - you know, - the all the basic stuff. - All the advanced stuff get really nitty gritty into actually creating cover. - I'm gonna actually you're gonna follow me, - creating cover eso. - It's gonna be great. - Why? - E books e books are super popular. - And this cut, - this course is actually it could be for creating a book cover for, - ah, - traditional paperback book. - Ah, - but since e books are so popular nowadays, - I wanted to create one specifically for e books because there are certain things you have - to keep in mind when you are making an e book cover versus a paperback cover, - for example, - one of the main rules is you got to be careful because people see Yuri but cover as a tiny - tiny thumbnail online in the Amazon store on the Kindle store. - The bronze Noble nook store. - You know, - they're seeing this little itty bitty cover. - They're not in a bookstore where they can, - you know, - pull a book office shelf. - Ah, - and read it. - So that's why this course is so important because E books are so unpopular. - But a lot of people fail to recognize that there's a difference in creating e book cover - and a regular book cover. - And there is So we're gonna go into that. - What will the lessons to be like? - I kind of told you already. - Ah, - lot of the theory lessons are gonna be just like this. - We're gonna have some notes up here. - I'm gonna talk to you, - give you my expertise. - Ah, - and expertise that I've learned along the way. - And then there's going to be hands on follow how to demonstrations. - Uh, - those lessons will be screen cast of me working in photo shop. - Um, - and, - uh, - yes. - So those are gonna be more how to and you're gonna get to see and follow along in real time - . - So what software do I need? - Well, - you don't necessarily need any software, - because this course contains a lot of theory as a zwelling practical practice. - Um, - but for the theory part, - you know, - you just need to listen. - You just have to learn it, - understand it, - and then you can do what you wouldn't want with it. - Uh, - I used photo shop because it's a great software program for creating art, - creating, - you know, - manipulating photos. - But it's also great for creating, - you know, - even covers. - But there's other, - you know, - programs out there free programs that you know you can use four creating your own e book - cover. - But I used photo shop because I think it's very professional. - You can pretty much do anything you want with it. - Um, - and there I'm gonna show you how to get Photoshopped for free. - Ah, - in a couple lessons. - So don't worry. - If you don't have Photoshopped, - you can get it for free for this course. - What is video school online you'll met. - You'll hear me mention it a few times throughout this course on. - I'm not gonna mention it. - I'm not gonna keep blasting it at you because I don't want you to get distracted, - but I just wanted toe, - uh, - let you know about it. - Now. - Video school online is a website that I created in conjunction with all of these lessons to - sort of give you mawr content More free content on creating videos, - creating products, - creating art, - making beer, - uh, - you know, - motion graphics, - all sorts of stuff. - I Blawg I podcast. - I do free videos on YouTube. - I have a YouTube channel. - Eso go over to video school online dot com and subscribed. - You'll get lots of great free stuff discounts to some of my courses, - and it's a great resource for you. - So video school online. - I wanted to start it, - you know, - in conjunction with these these lessons in these courses because I have so much to give and - someone so much I would call expertise in fields in creative fields and I couldn't just do - it all in lessons I wanted to block about it. - I wanted to write about. - I wanted to talk about in a podcast so you might even see a couple of these lessons for - free on the YouTube channel. - Ah, - because I want to give some of this content out for free. - Um, - so thank you for watching this lesson. - If you need to get a hold of me, - message me through the course website or email me at Video school online at gmail dot com. - It's I'll get back to you super fast if you have any questions about this course about - another course or about creating e book covers or anything else. - Thank you. - For what? - Thank you for watching. - Um, - Have a great day and I'll see you next time. - Bye. 3. Instructor Introductions: - Hey, - what's up, - Philip? - Dinner here. - Welcome to this. - Next lesson in the design. - Your own e book cover course. - Today I'm gonna give you a little bit more background about myself so you can get to know - me. - Feel more comfortable with me as your instructor for this course, - uh, - and just give you some fun facts about my life. - Eso Thank you for joining. - So who My My name Philip. - Inner Swiss origin. - Ah, - large family. - Um, - basically a European money, - But none of that really matters. - What you want to know is why should I be teaching this course? - Well, - I actually started my creative, - you know, - life taking photos way back when I was a teenager. - Um, - I mean, - I'm not that old, - but, - uh, - 10 years ago or so, - Um um, - from this point at the time of this recording, - So I started taking photos. - I wanted to be an action sports photographer, - photographing surfing and skaters and stuff like that that grew into mawr, - uh, - of a love for video. - I started taking video clips with my little digital camera, - so that was fun. - Getting more and more into that in high school. - I started a talk show on the local cable access channel, - where we did over 150 baseball talk lessons. - I talked all about baseball that led me to apply to film school in college. - Why Went toe loyal? - Ameren, - Mount Universities Film School and I graduated in 2011 with the major are majoring in film - production, - and I focused in documentary and editing there. - I had a wonderful time. - College was a terrific four years for myself. - I got to travel around the world. - I was very lucky. - I did some service projects around the world. - I studied abroad in Germany. - I went all around Europe making documentaries, - Um, - in my junior year and studying under European professors there. - My senior year, - I made a documentary in India on a service trip there. - I went to Mexico made documentary there. - Since graduating, - I have worked at some great companies. - I worked at Participant Media. - They are a great company behind an Inconvenient Truth Food Inc waiting for Superman. - Some great documentaries. - They help produce Lincoln on a bunch of other Oscar award winning and nominated films. - There I was working on their digital arm, - www dot take part dot com, - which is kind of a social, - socially engaged, - social conscious, - conscious minded website. - I did editing for their videos there. - I edited and helped shoot over 100 short documentaries and videos, - so I was a great time there over in Beverly Hills that was right out of school. - From there, - I had a couple of great opportunities to freelance and do some big projects for major non - profits in the Los Angeles area. - So I did that for a while. - I did motion graphics of during motion graphics for a future length documentary. - I got a job at a college in Orange County doing being there, - lead videographer and photographer eso on the marketing and media team. - So there I've been able to really get a hold on marketing and just like all the intricacies - of design fonts, - sizes, - shapes, - getting to an audience. - And that's why I feel like I have a good background for teaching this course about E books - because creamier cover is so much about marketing your product. - Um, - just as much as it's about creating a cool looking cover, - it's almost Maura about, - you know, - being able to grab the attention of the target audience. - And so at the college I worked at one of the main goals was to to get students to come to - the school, - and so we had a market and target them. - And so we spent lots and lots of time researching that audience and creating content for - them. - I also started producing online video content for that school. - Um, - so for their online classes and from that, - I fell in love with online education, - and I started my own online education courses. - My first course was video editing 101 And it was a great success. - Had lots and lots of students sign up in the first couple months. - And then I was like, - Wow, - this is amazing. - I want to do this. - So I just started, - started producing more classes. - I basically took everything that I felt that I had an expertise or at least mawr knowledge - than the next person and taught it. - I've you know, - my first classes are a little bit rough, - but since then I've been able to hone the skill of teaching online, - being able Teoh, - you know, - communicate what I'm trying to teach through a screen with visuals with my voice just with - following along with me doing things on a computer because it's definitely different than - being in a classroom and being able to have ah, - in person interaction. - So I really think that you will learn a lot from this course. - Um, - and I'm glad you're here. - How did I get into E book designed, - though, - So e book design is something that I've recently got into because I'm writing my own e book - diary of a film student. - I'm currently writing it and I'm not done, - but I will let you know when it's done. - By the time you're watching this, - it may have maybe published, - uh, - and you can get all the information at video school online dot com. - But because I was writing that course, - I want to learn more about designing a book covers. - I knew a lot about graphic design and how to use photo shops and all that stuff, - but I wanna learn specifically about e books, - and I couldn't find anything. - I found like little blogged articles online about it giving you tips here and there. - But I wanted more, - so I hired a personal teacher to teach me. - Ah, - how to create a book covers. - So I hired a me who is a wonderful British lady, - and she actually creates some lessons personally for me. - Toe learn how to design an e book. - Cover eso Amy taught me a lot of the things that I'm actually going to be teaching you. - And actually, - Amy is going to be in this course. - She has given us permission to use some of the lessons that she gave to me. - And I hope you learn from them cause they're great. - She is a great teacher, - and it's basically how I got started in e book cover design. - So you'll hear from a me in the in the next few lessons. - Um and I hope you enjoy those as well. - So I hope you I learned a lot about me and you enjoyed this lesson. - I hope you feel comfortable taking this class. - Have you ever need anything? - Please contact me at video school online dot com. - Thank you for watching. - Have a great day. - Have a beautiful day. - Get active, - start creating and get your brains ready for e book cover design. - Seeing the next lesson 4. Get Photoshop FREE Trial: - Hey, - guys, - Welcome to another lesson in the e book cover design course. - Today's lesson is how to get Photoshopped for free. - I told you in the course introduction that I would be letting know how to get Photoshopped - for free. - And this is that lesson. - So there is a free demo online, - and sorry if you guys were really excited and thought that I was gonna teach you, - Teoh somehow get a full version for free, - But that would be illegal, - so I'm not gonna teach you that. - But there is a free demo that you can download for 30 days, - which is a great deal. - I mean, - you're gonna take this class. - You could take this class in one day if you wanted to sit through all these lessons today, - Um and then you'll have 30 days to design your own e book cover. - And if you like voters shop, - you can purchase it. - But it is expensive. - And that's why I think downloading the demo is a great way to practice the software if you - don't have it already. - So whether you're using a PC or a Mac, - I'm a Mac user. - Um so I have Photoshopped for Mac. - Um, - but Adobe makes Photoshopped for both both types of computers. - Eso goaded www dot adobe dot com slash download To download your free demo of Photoshopped - . - You can also find all of adobes programs there for free for 30 days. - So this is what I, - you know, - recommend for all my other courses when I'm editing in Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe after - effects. - It's a great resource. - Are there other Softwares that you can use? - Yes. - Um, - there are other photo editing. - Image editing software is the gimp is a free one. - Um, - that you can use a swell. - You can even use something like a word processor like Microsoft Word. - Um, - any kind of program that allows you to put images onto a size of paper. - Um, - you can you can use if you have Adobe Illustrator or another, - you know, - program and the adobe sweet. - You can use those, - but I really have a highly recommend using photo shop, - and that's what I'm going to be using in this course to show you and why not? - It's free for 30 days. - Eso go ahead and download it at www dot adobe dot com slash download Thanks. - Have a great day. - I'll see next time. - Bye. - Hey, - guys, - here we are on adobes page there. - Download page www dot adobe dot com slash downloads. - As you can see here, - they have all their featured product downloads. - So if you want to download the entire creative suite, - you can do that. - Um, - or you can do a, - uh, - adobe photo shop. - CSX extended Photoshopped elements or any of their other programs. - If you scroll down, - you can drop. - Go to this drop down menu and just find photo shop CS six, - and then press go. - And this will take you to a page where you have to accept some terms and then just go ahead - and click the download button, - and that will give you the full trial version, - um, - to photo shop. - And you can do everything you would do if you bought the program itself. - Eyes just last for 30 days, - so check it out, - download it for this class and have fun talk to you later. 5. eBook Research: - they say Never due to a book by its cover, - This is wrong. - It is the number one thing, - a custom all see what purchasing book and access the hook, - that realism in the story and how it's condensed down in the blurb made while be what - eventually sells the book. - But if the customer never picks it up off the shelf or clicks on with them now from the - Vendors website, - they'll never get to read that live. - It's like when you apply for a job. - The interview is the most important aspect, - but if you'll see the is so bad that you know they get offered an interview while you don't - stand a chance when designing anything, - your number one step is research. - Really? - Look at what is going on. - Are there any recurring themes that would work for you? - Put your ideas in a brainstorm. - Link it all together, - write everything down. - Maybe you want something completely original, - and that's okay, - too. - You don't have to follow the trend, - but you can only make that decision after really looking at what side they're on deciding - that none of it works for you. - So let's have a look at some covers and see what you can learn from them. - What did they tell you? - The title and the author. - But also you should be able to tell just by looking at the what sort of book it is. - What genre is that happy or sad? - Maybe even what market is aimed at. - In reality, - the covers the advertisement for the book like a TV commercial for a brand or logo for a - company. - So I'm going to do a little experiment. - Look at these covers and write down everything you can tell me about the book. - The 100 year old man is a comedy book about an old man ventures. - After he runs away from home. - It's reviewed as hilarious, - but heart warming Obviously the title and illustration on the front should have suggested - to you that the book was a vaginal man who runs away from her. - The use of Freestyle fund gives the title an element of fun, - suggesting comedy. - The use of color sends mixed messages, - however, - but they're the blues warm, - suggesting fun times. - The character is also quite a saturated, - which should have clued us into that the character of interesting and sad backstory. - The second book, - Safe House, - is a thriller on a mystery about a man who is called to remote every of the woods. - But not all is as it seems. - It couldn't be anything other than a thriller or horrible, - really. - The front is bold, - which dressed Given the sense of hard times, - the house is a point of warmth in another wise, - cold and isolated surrounding note, - the use of a tagline. - A good tagline can be enough in itself to gain a person's interest. - Book three Thursdays in the Park is a good old fashioned love story. - The main characters are older and past their prime. - The husband leaves her, - and she thinks all hope is lost until she meets Ray in the park and everything starts to - get better. - The use of the heart shapes and the oranges and pink. - This is a blatant giveaway. - It's obviously a love story, - the use of the tree and the titled houses that occurs in the park. - The fact that it's autumn the leaves are falling suggest that the main character is older. - They're no longer in the prime of their life. - The following three books are from the crime and sort of section on Amazon when we get to - analyze them. - What strikes me first is the colors. - They're largely cold colors, - blue and green, - too saturated to make the characters look drained, - the first use of bold but worn and damaged. - This gives a sense of about things happening. - A loss of hope. - The use of yellow in the Texas interesting Yellow is a complementary color to blue, - so it stands out and catches the eye. - But it's not a warm of friendly yellow. - It's a sickly, - disturbing yellow like puss or infection. - Looking at safe house For a moment, - you have this house which has let up on warm. - It's comforting. - You feel safer. - Also, - other characters in the book will think they're so there. - But it's not slam bang in the middle of the cover. - It's off to the side and obviously isolated location, - but could have dark and scary. - The outside is compared to the board for the house. - I would feel frightened to step outside the door. - Similarly, - little girl lost. - She's isolated again in a wooded area to use a silhouette, - a lack of detail in the environment, - scream lost and perhaps far from home. - It could be anywhere. - The fog removes any sense of size, - so the forest could literally go on forever. - More importantly, - there could be anything in that forest. - The use of reds in the sky again, - contrast ing against the blue. - Catching your attention could be like the house, - the promise of salvation. - Or perhaps it's danger in the woods. - I'd have to read the book to find out. - But look, - it's never want to click on the link and start reading the description. - Its mission is accomplished. - You can now let the pros do the rest of the work. - Stalkers is slightly different. - The position of the female character still suggests isolation, - but also fear and maybe even Southerners. - Had she been alone on the cover, - I may think this story was about two characters, - depression and downward spiral. - But look at the guy in the background is blue that he could be anyone. - Is this the guy who's terrifying? - This certainly isn't currently father figure watching over the daughter had one out. - My dad, - really, - But does it feel like a currently father watching over his daughter? - Or is there something more sinister at work. - These three covers a great examples of what evil covers should do. - They give a little bit away, - but then they pose more questions. - Now you want to know what's going to happen. - You feel chilled already. - If you will enter through the stories you would be up to. - Casually glance of the covers on by the France and the coloring would know that the book - was a Jonah for you. - If you're not usually into that general book, - it might take you a moment longer, - but I think it would pique your interest. - All the company to do is get them to click on the link and read the blood, - and then the job is done. - That is all it's there to do. - So now we're going to make a mind map. - Using the example Diary of a film student. - Ask yourself this What shoulder is? - The book is Huma boiled with is humorous biographies. - What is it about the film industry, - student life students entering the film industry? - And who are you? - I am in the book at young adults will be attracted to a different kind of cover than some - news, - perhaps older, - So I've selected a few books that would fall into these categories. - Take a look at these examples also suggest you go online and look for more. - Look in and around the categories that you would place your book. - Write down everything you noticed. - Fonts, - colors, - images. - Ask yourself why they're there. - If you like something, - why do you like it? - Saved the picture and stick it into your own? - My map. - Look at the selection of books I've chosen for the example. - Humorous books tend to be brightly colored, - with illustrated covers and bright freestyle funds. - They're fun. - You've almost decided you're going to enjoy this book before you've even pictured up. - All of the biography is Have a picture of the subject will recover because they're likely - to be instantly recognizable. - The faults are interesting. - There is a combination script, - and Sarah Fonts Scripts look like elegant handwriting and give it that personal touch. - While Sarah seems to indicate quality comparatively, - the books in the film industry uses sunset of funds. - They're in your face, - attention grabbing much like the industry itself. - No use of reds and goals. - Together, - they give the idea of luxury celebrities walk down the red carpet sitting velvet chairs. - All three examples use iconic images associated with the industry. - The camera, - the directors, - Jet cinema You would know the glance what it is about. - No, - I just has similar. - They are. - I don't have a look. - A runner. - This is a great example of using lateral thinking in the design process. - Of course, - being a runner is the first job you'll get on the film set. - When you're straight out of university, - it's standard to work your way up from the bottom. - But what does he want to say to you? - Run in. - The film industry is quite different from running an athletic terms, - and yet they deliberately chosen an image in color that will make you think athletics. - Why? - It's very different, - and it will start their two mile imagine going on Amazon page full of red and gold e book - for males with a picture of cameras on them. - And then there is runner, - Which one will automatically catcher. - I lesson here is by all means do a ton of research. - I recommend it usual new knowledge to make the sign decisions, - but never be afraid to be original 6. Rules of Graphic Design: - before we do anything else we're going to discuss and general rules of graphic design that - should be taken into consideration when creating anything. - The use of color in graphic design is very important. - Different colors can represent different things when using advertise could be very powerful - tools. - Seeing is an evil cover is effectively the first and foremost wave advertising your story - color theory May 10. - It's very important we discussed this briefly in our last name research. - We could break down what the story was about, - but just looking at the colors and false images on the color. - So let's start simple. - This is a color will. - I'm certain you will have seen one before. - Colors opposite each other are complementary colors. - When using compliment tree colors together, - for example, - a blue background with orange funds felt will start out significantly more so than if it - were on any of the color. - This is often a good words. - Catch attention. - Color slowly split its two groupings cold colors on warm colors. - This is exactly what it sounds like. - Colors can be used to apply the atmospheres of an image or the aspects of the character - psyche. - Calculus, - blues and greens often used to give the viewer chill. - Comparatively warmer colors of red orange can make a viewer feel safe and secure. - It is important to consider what mood your book has and choose a color palette accordingly - . - In your example of Funny and I am a total book about life experiences, - they use warmer colors to depict the humor. - If, - however, - your story was tragic or frightening, - you may use cold colors if that isn't complicated enough in advertising different colors - and different things to the viewer. - This is based on symbolism and can be deeply ingrained in the person's mind. - This also varies from country to country. - And so, - if you're planning on marketing your e book abroad, - it may be worth ensuring the colors you were using are appropriate for that market. - It's not unusual. - Top different covers for different countries. - Red is strong, - A noticeable it is often uses warning in both nature. - If you consider bread barriers and poisonous insects and in traffic signs, - it's also hot color, - the hottest of all the warm colors, - in fact, - and is often used to represent love and lust, - anger and hate. - Oranges are comfortable, - warm color consider a lock fire in the winter or the summer sun. - It is often used when advertising chop holidays, - healthy foods and healthy young people. - It is spun unpleasant. - Darker orange is calling to mind. - The autumn considered piles of fallen leaves and hot cups of coffee in the cold are just - comforting and safe, - but I will catch your eye almost as readily is red again. - It confuses a warning in nature. - You think about bees and wasps but is generally considered to be fun and playful color. - It cannot. - It would be difficult to read in some here, - so depending on your background color, - you may want to avoid. - It is a font color. - Also note that yellow they usually considered warm slips into the cold color part of - spectrum. - There's green yellows like we saw in the history. - Books can be sickly disturbing. - Green is a natural color. - It's often used with advertising fresh organic foods. - Minty toothpastes are also often in green. - Package in darker greens could be associating with military. - But surely this is because the green uniform they were considered, - why those uniforms A green blue is cool. - It can be cold and uncomfortable and this is often used in horror and thriller book covers - . - But it could also be that gentle, - cool, - like diving into a swimming pool on a hot summer's day. - Here's off colors are very important. - It should be considered when choosing. - A color palette historically has been associated with luxury and royalty, - often used to permit things of high quality such chocolate and luxury food items. - It also has links to Magic Wizard through the ages, - air after depicted wearing purple. - So bearing these things in mind and also what you learned from the research video, - you should be in a position to at least start thinking about what moves and colors you want - for the cover of your book. - The rule of thirds is a general that can be applied to all graphics to create what's - considered good composition. - If you divide your blank canvas into nine equal segments, - the wrong of Thursday indicates that for the most striking composition, - objects of interest should lie upon the intersex, - and then horizon should lie upon one of the horizontal lines. - Essentially, - an image can diminish the tension and energy in the graphic. - You can also use natural lines to bring the eye into the image will automatically follow s - shapes into the picture. - For example, - in the landscape, - having a river leading to the object of interest will draw the eye towards it. - Natural lighting is also quite useful. - One bringing the eye into the shot. - Naturally, - you'll follow the light, - so backlighting object, - and getting around the edge will improve your composition greatly. - When choosing a forms, - it is important to know what you're trying to convey. - For example, - if you were releasing a romantic novel, - you would choose a very different from. - And if you were really seeing a science fiction based adventure, - think about what you want your audience to think when they see your e book. - In your case, - perhaps you're looking to sell the idea of fun and humor. - Therefore, - you're wanted to pick this. - You may have an idea of what fund she want based on your research. - Don't just pick something because it looks cool. - Choose something that fits with your design. - Consider how much space you have to fill. - If the fault will make the graphic look crowded, - it will give the sense of claustrophobia. - Also, - be aware that we need the space around the front just as much as wants itself to be able to - read it quickly. - This is often why published documents double spaced the type needs be eligible, - have known can read it, - and then they know what it is about. - Similarly, - don't use to many different types of funds. - They're having a selection can create a nice design. - Too many makes you look unprofessional. - If you are intended, - use a tagline. - It is not unacceptable to have a different front feel tagline underneath the title, - but France should complement each other. - They're different types of Fox serif. - These are the folks with the kicks and tails on each letter, - San serif, - those ones without any kicks and tails and script, - which looks like handwriting. - There are also sub categories, - such as Decorative, - Modern Slab and Damage Fund. - There were a time in place all these phones, - in my opinion, - for books. - Similar tools. - I might use a modern son, - Sarah, - with perhaps a classic Sunseri for the tagline and author. - Play off the idea that it is humorous biographical book as opposed to a factual book, - something that will give the sense that you have been there and seen it, - though it is often standard practice to take images and photos of Google images for school - in college work. - When creating a graphic for commercial distribution, - you can get into all sorts of trouble with copyright infringement. - You can avoid this by either purchasing stock images or downloading royalty free images - from stock websites. - Alternatively, - you could buy your own camera equipment or hire a photographer. - Shoot your own images this way, - you get exactly what virtue you want and you have no issues with copyright in the future. - Of course, - this could also be pricey. - The following websites. - Awesome, - free and reasonably priced royalty free stop photographs. - Similarly, - fonts can also be covered by copyright. - There are a number of websites where you can purchase months and also don't open for free. - Die funds is probably the largest archives of Free France on the Internet. - But be wary that some artist dating the day load conditions that they're for personal use - only and therefore cannot be used. - Commercial projects. - The majority of evil vendors require file to be 2000 pixels and quite with a height to - width ratio of 1.6. - The work therefore would be 1250 pixels. - There are few lenders that request 1000 pixels in height, - but because the height to width ratio remains the same at 1.6, - it is simply a natural to use the same image and scale it down. - In my experience, - it is only Apple that request different shape this because of the way they advertise their - books on the iBooks. - Maybe that you want to totally different co fry books. - Or perhaps you wish to use the same cover just adopted to the four by three ratio. - Whatever you decide, - remember all evil vendors advertise your book has a thumbnail on a page full of some nails - . - It is important, - therefore, - have an image that could be clearly recognized as small as 202 100 pixels. 7. Amy's Top 10 Tips: - number one is research I cannot emphasize enough have important research is not because you - should copy of the people or steal their ideas, - but because the only way we can develop our artistic eye is by really looking and oversee - what's getting on and other people's work. - The only way to strengthen the muscle is to exercise it, - and it's the same for creativity. - Don't let your mind stagnate. - Look everything. - You never know what inspiration may strike your strengths and weaknesses. - Graphic design is equal parts technical knowledge and artistic talent of content. - You Photoshopped. - I can teach you the rules and methods of design, - but I cannot teach you how to be an artist. - If that's not you, - that's okay. - Just be aware of it. - There plenty of designs that there who could do the job for You identify what you can - realistically bring to the project. - And don't be afraid to look elsewhere to fill the gaps in your skill set. - Collaborate. - You can only mourn over an idea alone for so long before you decide you hate it. - Don't be afraid to seek out of this opinions. - Bites ideas off each other, - developed your plans with someone who is enthusiastic as you are, - you'll be amazed at how much bigger ideas will become is also much more fun. - Carry a note part and pencil Everywhere you go, - you'll be amazed at the weirdest times and places. - Inspiration will hit you. - Often. - Trying too hard to brainstorm will kill creative juices. - I find the best ideas come to me in the bathroom when I'm carrying out monotonous tasks - such as laundry, - a washing dishes. - Make sure you're able to drop down these ideas for later. - You don't want to forget them. - Straight lines of boring Try and think laterally around a problem. - Why have a camera on your cover when you can prepare of running shoes? - Even things that may not see relevant might well tie back into your design. - Write everything down. - No idea is too stupid. - If it resonates with you, - it may well resonate with your audience. - Who would have sought after drumming Gorilla would sell chocolate or announced up. - Erratic meerkat could sell car insurance. - Experiment like no idea. - Try right. - There's nothing to say that you have to stick with it once you get into photo shop. - Not sure how to get in effect to work pressing buttons. - Look in the menus play. - You can always delete the layer if nothing good comes over it. - Some of the best effects over and came from mistakes you can take is much time and have as - much fun as you like. - Why second, - for one idea when you can have a choice of three or four, - get feedback. - Constructive criticism, - though it's hard to hear it first, - is how we learn to improve. - In my third year at university, - I showed off my work to industry professionals. - They ripped me to shreds. - They also gave me about eight pages of suggested alterations that year went from being - distinctly average to be one of the top of my class. - Don't work inside it bubble. - If you could get help, - get help. - Choose wisely. - When you're picking a freelancer, - perhaps you could do the job yourself. - But be aware that there are brilliant creative people out there who have tried hard - university to become graphic artists. - These people can do things beyond your wildest dreams. - But remember, - dreams take time to achieve. - Artists have to eat, - but an artist or designed pictures for your project he or she is making a calculation based - on how many hours it will take to complete and how much they think they're time is worth. - Often get quality. - You have to pay the price. - Always take a look at their portfolios, - will share riel to see what sort of work they have done in the past. - Be aware that more experienced designers often worth their weight in gold, - but also don't overlook recent graduates and final year students. - Usually they will charge us and perhaps even nothing at all and use an innovation often - come hand in hand. - Of course, - Jews a stereo typically unreliable, - so it becomes a gamble. - But sometimes it pays off brilliantly and finally enjoy yourself. - Graphic designers like any other art form, - Good results stems from creativity. - If you don't love what you're doing, - you'll find that that creative flow becomes blocked. - The burning passion can take you a long way. - If you find yourself banging your head against the dash just to get it done, - then prompting you to take a break. - Relax, - watching TV. - Always sit down to work with the positive mental attitude. - Boredom only leads to procrastination. - If you love, - the project will have fun with it. - This will be over before you can blink 8. Starting a Project in Photoshop: - Let's learn some basics in photo shop for e book cover design. - First, - we're gonna talk about starting a project. - But even before that, - how are you doing? - Take a deep breath in and out. - Enjoy this moment. - Enjoy your life. - Enjoy learning something new, - Enjoy being productive. - And after this lesson again, - take a deep breath in and out this. - Enjoy your life. - And that's all right. - Now I'm going to switch gears. - You're gonna be behind my screen, - and I'm going to be showing you how to start a project in photo shop. - Hey, - guys. - So let's talk about starting a project in photo shop. - If this is the first time you have opened up photo shop, - then welcome. - I'm going to go slow for you beginners and non designers so that you hopefully get the gist - of everything I'm talking about. - If you have any questions, - please feel free to ask me, - um, - in the course page or anywhere. - Um, - get ahold of me at video school online dot com, - but yes. - So if you open up photo shop and you go up to file new, - you'll get a dialog box that opens up, - and it will have all these options for size resolution color mode, - so basically, - you have to pick a size for your cover. - That's the first thing we're going to do, - so we're going to do a custom size. - So in this drop down box, - just go ahead and click Custom, - then for the with. - You just have to pick whatever size you want. - Say we want to do the standard smash words size the one that some asteroids recommends - we're going to do with of 1600 the height 2400. - And make sure this isn't pixels and not inches or any of these other options. - Resolution 300 pixels per inch is great. - This more has to do with printing out for a digital images. - Uh, - the resolution isn't going to make that much of a difference between, - say, - 72 which is a standard standard or 1 50 or 300. - So but three hundreds is very high, - so the resolution is gonna be great color mode. - We want to be RGB gray scale is gonna be black and white cm like a This is more for print - outs as well. - And, - uh, - eight bits find Aziz well the background contents. - I like to keep it transparent. - Um, - that just means that when you had when we open up this project and open up this composition - , - the background is just going to be a transparent image and not like a white or black image - . - So they have, - ah, - white option. - Or you can select a color. - Say, - you know, - you want your project to have a white background, - you can click white, - and that is it. - So you can tie to the title of your project here. - So we'll do you book cover. - I'm going to underscore version one. - So v one, - I do that for version numbers. - Um, - and then you just click, - OK, - and a new project pops up. - And here is our project size. - You can see that is the 1600 wide by 2400 height s O. - This is the perfect size for our project. - All right, - so that's how you start a project in photo shop. - I hope you learned a lot and we'll see you next time. - Bye. 9. Basic Photoshop Tools: - I hope you enjoyed learning how to start a project in photo shop. - Now let's talk about some of the basic tools that you'll be using in photo shop. - E book cover design. - Hey, - guys, - let's talk about some of the basic tools were going to be using when creating R E book - covers, - So the tools are all over here on the left. - You'll see, - um, - lots of different tools have if you hover over them and just leave your mouse over them. - We have magic wands, - crop tools, - eye droppers, - all these tools. - If you take the photo shop tools course, - you'll learn a lot more about all these. - But I'm just going to show you the basics if you don't want to take that course, - and then if you hold down on one of these tools, - more tools pop up in that category. - But there's only a few that I think you will absolutely need. - For Eva. - Cover one is the main move tool, - and in parentheses. - When you hot hover over it, - you see a V next to the word move tool, - and that means the hot key on your keyboard shortcut is V, - so if you are on the Magic Wand tool, - for example. - But if you press the key on your keyboard, - the move to will pop up to demonstrate how this works. - I'm going to import an image from my finder. - So just if you have images or or content that you want to bring in tow footage up, - you can drag and drop into your project just like that. - Um, - so now I have this image, - and with my move tool selected, - what I can do is move this around. - I can't change the size of it. - Make sure that you have this show transform tools selected up here in the check box, - and then you can increase and decrease the size. - When you're in Greece in decreasing the size, - you will notice that you're able to stretch and squeeze it like so if you press shift while - holding down, - one of the side arrows are at one of these corners and dragging you press shift and hold. - It will lock the aspect so you're not squeezing it or stretching it, - which is very handy because you don't want to be stretching your image. - Typically, - you can also rotate by moving your mouse towards the edge of this image and you will see Ah - , - this kind of curved arrow pop up. - You can click and then drag and drop and again if you press shift and kind of locks it to a - couple of different positions. - So that's an easy way to rotate images exactly 90 degrees, - for example. - So that's the move toe another another, - um, - thing you will be using another tool is the marquee tool. - This one is great for selecting portions of an image to delete or to duplicate. - So, - for example, - if I have this image selected by clicking on it over here in our layers panel, - this is where you will see all your layers. - So, - for example, - if I bring in another no, - the version of this image you have two layers over here, - so I want to edit this bottom one. - Um, - I can click on this bottom one. - I could even drag this click and drag it over so it becomes the top version. - So say I want to edit this top version that I have to have this selected. - Then I go over to this marquee tool and say, - I just want this His trolley car and the people around it just click and drag and it - creates a box around this image. - Then I want to copy and paste this section. - So I'm going to all Michael pewter. - If you're on a Mac, - you can press command, - see on a PC Control. - See, - you're in control V and then it creates this new layer one. - I can make these other layers disappear by clicking off this eyeball to the left of the - layers and you will see that the new layer I copied is still there. - I can then go into this layer by pressing the move tool, - um, - that we learned about and increased this this layer or decrease the size or whatnot, - you know, - moving around, - rotated, - etcetera. - So I have this, - but I want to get rid of some of the street. - I can go back to the marquee tool, - make a selection I want to delete, - and then just press the delete and then click anywhere to get rid of the Marquis. - And there I have my image. - So that's a great tool toe to know about. - Another great tool is the shape tool, - which is down here or the rectangle tool. - You can also create squares, - ellipses, - pog, - polygons and lines and different shapes with it. - So once you click the shape tool, - you can see all these options up here as well on the top. - And when you have your shape tool selected, - you want to select a color first over here in your color palette, - you go to the white box right here or whatever color this is, - and then you go ahead and select a color. - Or when you are hovering over an image on your canvas, - it turns into this eye. - Dropper a mouse and cancel ECT in a color in here. - So say, - I want some of this on this red of the caboose or the trolley car Stanek abuse, - and it's likes that color or the green of the tree. - You will see that sex the green tree so they don't want that red triangle car color. - I'll select. - Okay, - I now have that read selected, - and I still have my shape. - It's still on my shape tool, - and then I can go ahead and drag and drop or click and drag, - and it creates this shape. - I want to put this shape underneath like the image. - So I go ahead. - And, - um, - actually, - what I did was I created that shape on top of this layer. - So it's part of this layer to create on a new layer I would go up to, - ah, - layer new layer and then I click and driving. - Create that shit because I want them to be on separate layers. - Then I have a layer to, - which is the shape I'll rename it by double clicking the word right here. - And I'll say, - shape one and I'll move it below the image. - Say, - I want a new shape. - We're all put some texts. - I'll go upto layering you, - layer. - I'll call it shape, - too. - I wanted to be white, - say Wait, - then we will make a strip right Here is where we'll put more information. - They will put the author's name down here. - The in the title of the book here, - whatever it is. - A very bad example of an even cover. - But I'm just showing you the tools, - and so that is the shape tool. - We're going to cover the textile in a completely different lesson in the next lesson. - But for now, - those air, - the main tools you're going to be using. - You're going to be using the move tool, - the marquee tool and the shape tool. - Thank you for watching, - and we'll see next time. 10. Adding Text in Photoshop: - now that you kind of know your way around photo shop, - You know, - some of the basic tools. - We're gonna learn how toe use text at it, - change it, - customize it, - choose funds. - All that great stuff. - Um, - in this short lesson, - Okay, - so let's talk about using text. - So last time we talked about some of the other basic tools and the text tool is one that we - didn't talk about. - Um, - so let's go ahead and click that. - And then when you have your text tool selected, - you just want click onto your canvas anywhere and then up here, - you have all your font choices and options. - So I'm going to go ahead and select a font. - We'll try out this motor oil. - We'll do the size for now. - We're just gonna say, - 24 points fun and the rest of us I'll leave. - Maybe all used center. - I'll center it center, - justify it and then you just type. - So I'm going to say this is Oh, - and you see my text is white. - So when I go ahead over here and make sure that my Texas black or whatever color I want - before you can go up here and do that as well. - I'll say this is my look. - Then, - to get out of this text mode, - you just want to go overhearing. - Click the move tool, - and I'm gonna move this around to get back the option. - The text options. - You just have to press t or go and impress the text tool over here. - Here, - you can increase your decrease the size of the font by either typing in by using the drop - down menu or just covering over that this tea and clicking and dragging to the right or - left. - So you have to play around with it to get the right size on and click the move tool and - just move it around. - Or you can use the arrow keys. - You can use the arrow keys to move, - nudge left or right or up or down, - or the arrow and the shift key to nudge a little bit more. - And that is basically ah, - the text tool. - Um, - there's lots more options if you go over to the paragraph, - this paragraph button right here, - um, - or the character option over here. - If you don't see these options, - go up and make sure you can click this character window, - make sure up in window you have character selected, - and then we have lots more options for turning and bull. - You could make your text bold or italics or italics and bold. - You can make it all caps, - um, - or stretch it or squeeze it all sorts of things in this character palette as well, - and we're gonna get more into that later. - Um, - but that is how you add tax and the basics of text. - Have you enjoyed and have a great day. - I'll see you next time. 11. Saving in Photoshop: - learn how to start a project. - How do you some of the basic tools how to add text. - And now we're going to learn how to save a project. - But first, - like it in the very first lesson in this section. - Let's take a deep breath. - Thank you for being here. - Thank you for learning. - Thank you for supporting me. - And I hope you're having a great time and you're learning a lot. - Okay, - let's get to it. - Saving a project. - Hey there. - So let's talk. - Hey there. - So let's talk about saving our projects. - So we've done. - We're done. - We've created this wonderful cover. - This is the best cover I've ever created. - And then we want to save it. - So we got to file. - Then you go ahead and say, - Save eyes, - um, - and then go ahead and click. - Save as and then just wanna do your settings you want If you want it to be a j peg or ah, - PNG or a tiff, - which are usually the options for for, - uh, - uploading to Amazon or apple. - Uh, - you have to select one of these, - and then you just select where you want to save it. - I'm just gonna save to my desktop, - and then you go ahead and save it out for a PNG. - It always asked If you want inter Lace will say none. - Then if I go to my finder, - you go to my desktop and I find my e book Cover 20 Version one. - You'll see that I can view it now and you'll notice down here in the information that the - dimensions are 1600 by 2400. - And that's exactly what we want. - If we look at more information, - the color spaces RGB, - which is good, - Um, - and that's perfect sizes, - right, - And we have a great looking version of R E book cover, - So that is how you quickly and easily save out a project in a photo shop. - Hope you enjoy this lesson and all of these lessons learning the basics of photo shop. - If you have any questions, - don't hesitate to contact me through video school online dot com. - Um, - and we'll see you in the next section by 12. Design for a Purpose | BONUS Cover Size and Format Quick Guide PDF & Photoshop Templates: - Hey, - guys, - I've got a great lesson for you guys today. - It's called Designed for a purpose. - So what is my life mantra it's designed for? - I'm just kidding. - My life mantra is to be present. - I'm not that crazy about you because designed that it's my life mantra. - My mantra is to be president, - to enjoy what I'm doing enjoyed my surroundings. - And so right now I'm enjoying this. - I mean joint teaching, - you guys, - I'm enjoying teaching while to a camera, - which in the future will be you. - Um, - so I'm really enjoying this, - and I hope you're enjoying taking this lesson, - listening to my voice, - hearing my thoughts, - reading the text and doing everything you can to learn about a book covers. - But the mantra designed for a purpose is a great one toe have and Amy already talked about - this a little bit in her lessons, - but I wanted to give you my spin on it. - She talked a lot about how the purpose of a book cover is to get the reader's attention. - And while I think that's very, - very true and it is the most important thing, - I think there are two most important things, - actually, - and they have They go hand in hand. - Um, - So the 1st 1 is to represent your work and think about this. - When throughout your design process, - when you're adding a font when you're adding images, - when you're changing the size of things, - it doesn't have a purpose. - Why are you doing this? - Why adding this image? - You know why? - If you are making a book about cat lovers, - why you have a You have an image about your on image of your face on it. - Well, - maybe you're a cat lover, - but the reader doesn't know that maybe we should have a cat on it. - Or if you are writing a book about family camping, - how to go camping with your family? - Why do you have a image of a camping picnic basket or a tent? - You know, - a tent is great, - but I'm sure there are thousands of books with a camping tent on it. - Why not have a picture of a happy family sitting around a campfire? - Something like that. - So have a purpose for your design. - And just remember, - um, - to represent your work. - So what are you writing about? - Who are you? - What is your style. - Represent yourself in your e book cover design, - and if you represent yourself well in the right way, - you are going to grab the attention of the audience or the potential audience. - Your target audience. - And that is, - you know, - a rule number two of why we create a book covers or the purpose behind anemic cover is to - grab the attention of the reader or potential reader because, - like Amy said, - people judge books by their cover and especially e books, - because with e books, - you can't take it down from a shelf and read the first few pages or flip toe. - You know through the book to see how it's formatted, - how it looks If there's images. - Um, - I always like to see if those images in my books, - um so you have to create a great cover that will translate into a sale. - If that's your end purpose. - And if you're in purpose is just to give away a book for free, - then it might be different. - Your cover might be different than if the purpose is to sell on Amazon. - What not to dio. - There's so many things not to do. - Don't not be yourself. - Don't be cliche. - Don't be cheesy. - Don't use cheesy graft graphics or photos. - Don't use the same photos as everyone else. - Um, - there's lots of things not to do. - Um, - don't not pay attention to font choice to photo choice to font size. - Um, - so you have a pan tinged everything have a purpose for everything. - And if you do that, - it will be great. - Thank you for watching. - I hope you enjoyed this lesson and I'll see you next time. - Bye. 13. Think Thumbnail - Lecture: - think thumb. - Now What I mean by that thumbnail is a very small representation of your Eva covered that - most of your cover customers are going to see. - First thing is going to be the first thing they see when they're looking on Amazon or - Google or wherever they're looking for your book. - And the thing is, - it's so tiny. - It's 80 by 115 pixels, - pixels wide 115 pixels high, - at least for standard e book cover sizes. - Um, - and from that anybody thumbnail, - you have to get a customer to purchase your book. - So whatever they see in the any bidding picture is has to translate to their brain as to - tell them, - Hey, - pick me, - pick me And that's really hard to do. - And so this is rule number rule of thumb number one when it comes to designing your E book - cover. - So first, - do your research, - check out some, - uh, - some thumbnails and in the supplemental material, - if you're taking this course on you to meet, - you'll find some supplemental material in this lesson where I show you some great thumbnail - , - he would cover some great even covers that translate well into thumbnail version and some - that don't. - So do your own research. - Uh, - and you'll be able to see, - you know, - some fonts don't work well in thumbnails. - Some images, - some color, - some shapes. - Um, - all different things go into creating great e book cover and and creating a great book - cover for thumbnail version is one of them. - And then test out your design while you're making your thumb. - Now, - while you're making your cover, - make sure you zoom out and you can do that easily. - In photo shop, - you can zoom out to where your your canvas is about the size of a thumbnail. - Um, - and just make sure you can read your tax. - You can, - you know, - see the photos. - Because I didn't do that the first time I was creating the design for my diary of a film - student cover. - In fact, - I was so bad at it, - I was designed. - My cover was, - you know, - hang all these cool effects and and you know, - I had this, - like nice script fund looked like I was writing. - I wrote out the title, - but then I zoomed out. - I couldn't see anything. - You couldn't even see the words you couldn't tell what the book was about. - And so I turned the page and went in a new direction. - So keep in mind all those rules. - Um, - so 80 by 1 15 pixels. - That's how big it is. - Do your research and then test out your own design while you're actually creating it. - Thank you for watching and remember it. - Roll Thunder number one. - I think some now. 14. Think Thumbnail - Samples: - Hey, - guys, - let's look at some thumbnails on both Amazon and the iTunes bookstore to kind of give you - some examples of what some good thumbnails are and what some bad thumbnails are. - So this is basically the live page. - Uh, - this is today's, - like, - recommended for you. - Um, - so I didn't really go in and try to find specific thumbnails to show you, - because I just want to show you kind of at random the vast array of types of books that we - have. - So let's just go through a couple of these on top. - So this 1st 1 19 lessons on T. - This is a great example of what to do. - The top title, - the title is, - is bold. - You can easily read it. - The image is a great image of, - so I'm pouring tea into some teacups. - That's great. - Ah, - this Celtic fairytales is also a decent version. - Although the cover is not that interesting, - you can tell you can read the title. - At least this one right here, - Buddhism and Buddhist teachings is hard to read. - Eyes kind of a lot. - There's a lot going on in it, - and it's not my favorite. - Let's go down here a bit. - So you have this Emma Dilemma By Patricia Herms ARMIES Siri's It looks like. - And the good thing about this is that the style is similar throughout the covers. - And you can tell, - you know, - if you're just browsing and you saw these few books, - you would be able to tell that they were all from the same Siri's. - The illustrations are very similar, - and you can even kind of tell what it says. - The end. - The dilemma part. - Anyways, - You see this Emma Dilemma written in In Red but is a more unique fun, - and it's not easy to read. - So if you haven't heard of em a dilemma and that's not what you're looking for, - it might not catch your eye as much as another book cover. - And it's definitely hard to read you. - You have to read it down here, - so it's good that they match each other, - but not good. - The font choice. - I would say. - Illustrations are nice, - though, - and they definitely show what the book is all about. - Down here we have the Kindle Select 25 right here. - Uh, - definitely not my favorite font choice, - but it is bold and you can see what is going on. - They kind of got the Star Wars style going with the text fading into the back. - You can tell who the author is, - and the author is definitely, - um, - that he believes in himself enough to put his name in big, - bold letters at the top of the book. - That's the first thing you see. - And so some authors like to do that for new authors. - I would suggest not putting your name big and bold at the top, - because people I don't If they don't know you, - then they won't really care. - Um, - a couple of these other ones, - this one right here. - Even though the text is bold, - the bones are forever. - There is a lot going on. - The background image is a little bit hectic. - There's lots of different shapes. - Eso, - I would say, - give that five out of 10 star rating. - This one's kind of interesting. - The Trial by Fury Um, - this book right here, - the background image, - the right side is pixelated. - And that's because, - ah, - the subtitle is Internet Savagery and the Amanda Knox case. - So this is Amanda Knox right here, - and the picks elation. - It kind of is the gives off that theme of being online, - Um, - this Jackie Robinson book. - If you haven't seen the movie poster, - then this would be the first time you see this great image, - and it's kind of striking because you have an image of Jackie Robinson. - Or I think it's the actor playing Jackie Robinson Robinson in the In the new movie about - him. - And instead of being horizontal, - they turned the image 90 degrees and make it vertical. - Which is really interesting because you cannot. - If you turn your head to the left, - you'll see. - That's kind of like a typical image of a baseball player sliding. - But now he looks like he's sliding down the side of the book cover. - So that's that's really cool. - How they do that. - Um, - let's go over to the iTunes library. - So this is on the home page of the library, - and you can tell that the image thumbnail images are even smaller in iTunes than the Amazon - kindle marketplace. - So that's not good for you guys. - So this one right here, - the orphan master's son, - I can't tell anything about this way too small, - can't read the texts and Ah, - all all around. - Not too good of a title or cover page. - This s Scott's Fitzgerald. - The Great Gas recover. - Although you can't see that read the text. - That much is an iconic cover. - And so most people who have seen this cover will recognize it. - So that's what they have going for them. - Is, - is the popularity of this book. - Another book about Amanda Knox again? - Um, - she is kind of the selling point, - so they put an image of her at the start on on the cover on. - And they're hoping that image Selzer, - because and her name big and bold of the top. - But the title of the actual book Waiting to be Heard is kind of hard to see, - So I don't think they're counting on the tattle. - The book t to sell this book. - Um, - let's look over here. - So this cover right here is kind of interesting. - You have this tattooed muscly harm. - It's called walking Disaster. - The title of the book is a little bit hard to see, - but the colors are nice and that images kind of striking. - So that's that's pretty cool. - Um, - this book right here, - the way of the knife kind of hard to see. - Um, - at first I didn't know exactly what that image was in the background, - but it looks like a helicopter from below, - if I'm guessing right and you can kind of tell the the text. - But it's hard to see because it's white text on a light background. - So something you want to try to do is create contrast with the background of your e book - cover and the color and font choice of your text. - Kind of like this one, - this Marc Maron book, - you see this bold yellow text. - It's really easy to see in the contrast in black background. - Go down here a little bit. - This is an inch very interesting. - Good cover. - This is definitely what you should do. - It's got his big mouth, - and the title of the book is gulp. - Definitely. - Get that from the imagery, - and you can easily read it. - You can even read the dock. - The writer's name up here. - Ah, - this is another one where it's kind of hard to read. - All that is by James Salter. - You can't really see read the text that easily. - Eso Maybe you want a better background or color choice for that. - This one. - A death in the lucky holiday, - Another one that's hard, - really hard to see. - These two, - actually, - next to each other, - the font choices, - this liberates extravaganza. - You can't really us. - You can't really read that, - too. - Clearly, - the font script is this. - The fun is a script font, - which means it's very curvy and skinny and kind of hard to see, - not the bold font choices that are easily read. - So those are some great examples of what you can and cannot do and what you shouldn't. - What you should not do with your font choices, - Andi especially. - It's a good thing to look at these and see how different a book cover looks when it's a - thumbnail and not, - you know, - full screen when you're creating it in photo shop. - So go ahead and take a look through iTunes or the Amazon Kindle Bookstore and check out - some more thumbnails on your own. - Just to get a better idea of what you should and should not be doing. - Thanks for watching, - and I'll see in the next lesson 15. Using Images: - Hey, - guys, - let's talk about images and their use in e book cover design. - So there are a couple of types of images. - There's photos and animation or graphics. - Um, - obviously, - you know what both of those are. - And both have a purpose in in e book cover design. - Sometimes photo the use of photos is hard. - Um, - it's cheesy. - Uh, - it might not look great. - It might look no cliche, - or it might just look like any other Eva cover. - So you have to be careful when using using photos. - But you also have to be careful when using graphics or animations because you don't want it - to look again cheesy. - You don't want it to look like clip art from 90 Windows 97 Marcus off Word or Power Point. - You wanted to look professional, - s. - So just be careful when you're you're using photos and, - um, - in graphics. - What is the best photo to use while the best photo is the one that represents your book? - The best and at the same time catches the attention of the reader or potential reader. - Um and so sometimes you're not gonna have that photo on your gun going to have to purchase - it on a stock site. - Uh, - or you might have a photo in mind. - Something that you've taken. - Uh, - that would be perfect for your cover. - Um, - so I can't really tell you what the best photo is, - but just make sure you know the basics of photography. - Make sure that it's in focus. - Make sure the lighting's right. - Um, - make sure the colors look good. - Um, - so in all those areas, - you might have to do a little bit of photo editing or tweaking if you're if you have your - own photos. - But if you don't have a photo that you want to use, - you can use stock photography. - Um, - there are lots of sites such a shutter stock upon five Revo stock and a ton more. - If you just search stock photography in Google, - you'll come up with a ton of of sites that sell stock. - Retire feet. - Be careful using these, - uh, - these sites, - because there's a lot of cheesy stock voters. - Um, - that will make your e book cover look nonprofessional, - and there's lots of cliche cover photos or photos so you know there's sunsets and blades of - grass and flowers and money or a guy in a suit. - You know all those images you know, - Arconic cliche. - When you think about a business book, - you think of a guy in a suit, - you know, - or a lot of money or something like that. - And so be careful when you're picking out image on this stock site for Eva cover because - you want to be unique. - You don't want to be cliche or cheesy. - So you've been warned. - Thank you for watching this lesson. - Good luck with choosing a great image for your input cover. - Sometimes you don't even need images. - Sometimes you can just use shapes, - colors, - um, - or just textures. - Textures are another great thing to use for e book covers, - so thank you for watching and have a great day by 16. Stock Image Website and Research Practice: - Okay, - so here are some of the stock photo sites available. - First we have shutter stock. - We also have upon five that I told you about in the last. - We have Rego stock, - and all of them are going toe to turn back, - give you back a lot of great results. - Eso, - for example. - Let's use the example of my e book Diary of a film student. - If I was going to look for a stock photo for one of these sites, - maybe I would just look up movie. - I want a film camera to be on the cover. - And, - uh so when you search that a lot of stuff comes up, - you have, - you know, - you have a lens, - you have film itself. - Um, - you have this clapper with a reel of film. - You have an old film camera, - and so all these are actually some pretty cool, - cool images. - But like I said before, - we want to stay away from being generic. - Um, - you know, - if I put just a camera like this just like a clapper and a reel of film, - I'm sure there's going to be lots and lots of other books that have that on the cover right - here. - You have some standard film icons, - and while it may be good to use some of these within the design of my book cover, - I don't know if I would want these to be the main image because I wanted to be more unique - . - I also don't want to use just like a random image of someone else carrying a camera. - Um, - if it's not me, - I feel like that is a little bit, - um, - I guess Alleys. - It's not my style of filmmaking, - and I wanna but this girl's face high on the cover of my E book, - although that might attract some some users, - some readers to buy my riel or my book. - Um, - but all of these, - you know, - images. - There's lots of nice ones. - Is this cool? - You know, - you got illustrations, - icons, - graphics, - actual images. - Let's go over to, - uh, - upon five and see what they bring back. - Um, - so if I go to this photos, - I say, - let's look up Film school. - Well, - just like a film school to see what it brings up. - Eso you get. - You know this camera, - you have more cameras. - You have people that looks like there may be in film school. - This guy's on the couch watching TV. - This is kind of interesting. - The end. - Um, - that could be like a play on on with the end of a movie. - If you want to put that on the cover, - maybe on the back of your book cover. - If you're actually printing out your book, - Um, - but it looks like shutter stock actually comes up with some better images. - When you look up camera, - let's look, - look a film camera in Pawn five just to see what they bring out. - So this Pawn five also has some good images of some cameras, - people taking pictures. - And as you can see, - there's lots and lots to look through. - You know, - we got these cool graphics and this is very cool. - Um, - an image, - and this might inspire me to do something similar to this, - but do I actually want this image on my cover? - I'm not sure, - because I want my cover to be unique. - I don't want another e book to purchase this image and put it on their cover because then - my book doesn't have a unique cover anymore. - So maybe using this for inspiration, - um, - is a good idea. - So as you can see, - there's lots and lots of choices, - and I just want to show you an example of how you search for images within these sites and - all of them. - The pricing is different for the different images, - so you're gonna have to play around. - But pawn five is pretty cheap. - Uh, - as you can see, - ranging from a couple bucks to 2030 bucks. - I so have fun looking at up images for your book, - and I'll see you in the next lesson. 17. Sample 1: - Hey, - guys, - In the following few lessons, - I want to take a look at some e book covers and just kind of get a feel for someone more - examples and go a little bit more in depth talking about all of the elements of the cover. - I find that when I'm learning, - I love looking at samples when I'm learning to make videos or learning a new style of video - , - which is what I do professionally, - full time. - I love looking at samples and watching others do a project a certain way to do a new style - , - do a new effect. - And so I thought I'd take a little bit more time toe look at some of these e book covers. - So I picked out a few from a great website. - Um, - and these air just samples that I've found that I really like, - um and I think they're great. - E book covers eso um, - breaking the spell. - The truth about money, - success and the pursuit of happiness. - Great. - Clean cover. - Great use of color in the cover. - They used the green Ah, - with this nice dark blue, - um, - and the green, - obviously a symbol for money, - which is a great metaphor, - great symbol. - And so that's what this cover is designing for a purpose. - They thought about those things. - They made the color of the text green for a purpose, - and they made the cover color of that chain link that is breaking. - They made it green, - and you can see you know, - you can tell what this is about without even reading the subtitle. - Breaking the Spell. - You know it's about something breaking free. - The chain images really great. - Um, - you know, - it's an iconic image, - but it's not, - you know, - clip already cheesy image of a chain. - It's very original. - Andi really did a good job. - The font choice is a Sarah Palin Sarah Font. - So big block texts. - No, - uh, - it's not fancy or script e down below. - You can easily read the author's name and ah, - they use multiple styles of of text breaking The spell and the author's name are in all - capitals, - while the subtitle is Ah, - Capitals and lower case eso. - That's a choice of theirs as well. - And this this cover also is great when you zoom out and and look at it from afar, - so as a thumb now, - so This is a great example. - Well, - I hope you enjoyed this one and are inspired for it. - And we'll see you in the next lesson by 18. Sample 2: - another great cover on the great cover with a great image on it. - Ah, - different, - different style than the last one. - Um, - but the text choice. - The font choices. - Similar. - Big block, - Bold Sohn Sarah Font. - This time the the author's name is at the top, - and the fonts use a transfer modes. - So when we were playing with, - for example, - the coffee stain in My Practice and my My Diary of a film student student, - ah, - cover, - we used the multiply transfer mode. - They probably use something like an overlay or a soft light for the casualty of war. - You can kind of see the background image in that in the font itself, - but it's still dark enough, - and it's still contrast enough. - The bottom, - the bottom World war. - It does kind. - It's a little bit harder to see than the rest, - just because the bottom of the images darker. - But then look at this great image. - You know, - there's peer going out into the ocean. - And then there is this dark silhouette at the end of the the pier, - and he looks lonely here. - She looks very lonely. - It looks like it's a soldier with like a helmet on on there all alone. - And this pier is kind of eerie. - The colors are eerie. - Um, - I like going through these these samples, - like Amy did for us on. - I have. - You're enjoying this. - And the the thumbnail for this one is really great. - You can clearly see casualty of war. - You can read the title. - The image isn't as as captivating in thumbnail mode as it is in large mode, - but is a great cover. - Okay. - Have you like this inspiration? - Start thinking of ideas for your own cover. - We'll see you next time. 19. Sample 3: - Okay, - check out this cover. - Rogue elephants, - One PR girls fight through the human jungle. - Not only is a great title, - but the imagery is just terrific. - You got this elephant walking a type tightrope, - and this girl that looks like she's a PR girl standing on top of the elephant. - The elephant is an acrobat in this jungle human jungle. - Ah, - the font choices a little bit different than some of the past covers we've seen. - Um but it is still a bold font, - which makes it easy to see when New York viewing the thumbnail version so you can - definitely read rogue elephants. - The rest of the title is very hard to see in the thumbnail version, - but like I mentioned when I was playing my own diary of a film student cover our really - care about the subtitle or that I want them just to see the title and get caught by that - rogue elephants. - That's I mean, - that's ah, - curious title. - If I saw this this image while I was looking through Amazon, - I would totally be curious about what this book is, - and I would probably check out the page and then I would see the full version of the cover - . - Um, - and the imagery is just great. - The blending of the sky into the light negative space is wonderful. - Um, - obviously the the foreground elephant and the lady eyes really striking, - and they, - like I just mentioned, - they use a great sense of negative space, - the sky blending into this negative space where you can clearly put the title of your film - or of your book. - Rather, - the colors of the font are great. - They pick Hughes from the sky above the rogue elephants is a dark blue that you can see in - the upper the top, - very corners of the sky. - And the subtitle is a nice blue from the middle of the sky and the the author's name is in - black, - and there's a nice texture down at the bottom as well I have. - This image inspires you to make some great e book covers. - See you next time 20. Sample 4: - Providence by Jamie Maguire, - another striking image and a great cover for an e book. - The text is very simple. - One word makes it really easy to create a tie cover for this, - Um, - and the use of contrast is perfectly done. - Eso the text title of the book Providence is amongst ah, - bright over exposed image of these trees and down below. - The author's name is in white with the backdrop of the dark ground, - and then you have the silhouette of a man walking away. - And while this cover doesn't really tell me much about the story, - I don't really know what it's about from the title. - I don't really know what it's about, - Um, - but it does get me intrigued, - and it does get me interested in in this book. - It's a little bit cliche. - The cover. - I've seen this a lot, - this type of imagery, - some a silhouette of someone walking down a tree lined road. - Um, - but I really love the use of contrast between the text and the background, - and the providence, - the top of Providence is actually blurred out a little bit. - It's not just the video you're watching. - It actually is like that on the cover itself. - So that kind of creates this weird effect of of, - you know, - the surrounding being blurred out. - You know, - the tops of the trees are blurred out. - The top of the letters are blurred out. - The thing that is in complete focus is the silhouette of the man walking away and in the - bottom of the title. - In thumbnail of you like this, - you can see that is a great title. - Providence is easily read. - Um, - and one of the best examples of a good choice of font and placement and color for - thumbnails. - I have you enjoyed this This, - uh, - cover and we'll see you next time. - Bye. 21. Sample 5: - saving Ben. - So this is, - Ah, - fiction novel with, - ah, - very interesting cover. - The title of of the cover is is saving Ben and it really doesn't explain too much about - what this book is. - But it's got to be something to do with Ben being in trouble in the image of this house on - the water. - Uh, - definitely. - It shows, - you know, - something in trouble. - And, - you know, - it doesn't mean that this book is about Ben who is trapped in a house. - Put in a flood. - It just means, - you know, - it is a symbol. - The house is a symbol for the title. - Um, - the author's name is in a Sarah Sohn Sarah font at the bottom, - and, - you know, - they place it on top of the darker part of the image. - So the reflection of the house and the water is it's a nice, - dark background. - Oh, - and that's why the white text works on top. - The text of the title and the subtitle is a Serra font, - so it's a little bit fancier, - um, - on and they use excusing. - They used to different colors. - Save me for saving in Ben s. - Oh, - that's interesting. - An interesting choice there as well, - and that might have to do with the fact that saving is partly in the darker clouds. - And so they needed a brighter font. - Tiu are brighter text toe. - Make it stand out and again. - The text here on this book is a little blurred out. - You know this image. - Parts of it are blurry. - Partner and focus eso. - That's a recurring theme. - We have something to make Your cover a little bit more interesting is to play with being in - focus or not as a thumb. - Now you can see the title Saving Ben. - You see the image. - The image is very striking, - and that's one of the things that would make me as a reader. - Click it just because the images very striking and you can definitely read the title of the - book. - So another great example of simplicity. - The boat. - The cover is very simple. - There's not too much going on. - There's not tons of shapes is just one image with text over it. - That's a great example of how to do that. - All right, - thanks for watching, - and we'll see next time 22. Sample 6: - okay. - Some are sicker than others. - This is another cover that just has an image and text on it. - The Texas bright, - bold font. - The text is they space it out the letters. - There's a lot of space between the letters. - That's an interesting choice. - It's all right, - aligned, - which is nice. - So it's all online. - The letters appear to be aligned as well, - and there's a little bit of blurriness. - They duplicated the fun, - and they kind of blurted out in the background to give it a cool effect. - The image, - you know, - a great This has a great balance in it. - The man on the left is standing, - you know, - taking up 1/3 on the left and then is balanced by the text on the right. - And the author's name is right there above the image. - Which makes me believe that this is a ah nonfiction book and Andrew Seaward is actually the - person, - um, - in the photo. - You know, - I don't know if that's true necessarily true or not, - but that's what this cover looks like as a thumbnail. - Uh, - this is a little bit harder to read than the rest, - and that's because the contrast between the the colors of the title in the background isn't - as high as I would like. - The white blends in with the light part of the image. - You can read some and others, - but it really, - you know, - takes a little bit bit of effort to read it. - Some are sicker than others, - so that's one thing to keep in mind. - Um, - and that's I guess if I had to knock this this image this cover a little bit, - it would be because it's hard to read when it's a thumbnail view thumbnail version. - But that being said, - it's a nice image. - The color is very nice. - It subdued. - It doesn't look like a happy book. - The title doesn't make it sound like Happy book. - And that's perfect. - I mean, - not that I don't want I don't want it to be, - Ah, - sad book, - but the title and the imagery match. - I hope you enjoyed this one and we'll see you next time. - Like 23. Sample 7: - Okay, - This is the last sample that we're going to look at another one of our covers that uses a - nice image that blends into negative space. - It's called whatever it takes a bold as love novel. - This is a fiction book, - and it's by Lindsay Page and all that you can read very clearly. - The font choice is very nice. - It's very interesting. - It's curvy. - It, - you know, - make sense for a love novel toe have a Serra font that has more curves and is a little bit - more fancy rather than a serious book. - It's in lower case, - which is a a bold choices. - Well, - some people love lower case. - Some people hate it. - I usually use all caps, - but sometimes a lower case title like this looks looks good. - Um, - the image, - the colors of the image, - it's nicely edited. - It's very de saturated, - but it has somewhat of, - ah, - warm look, - and it definitely looks happy. - I mean, - the couple was holding hands walking away, - and so it's not over the top. - You. - There's not hearts or there's not like a hunky guy with ripped abs and a girl hanging off - of him on the cover But it does look like a nice, - uh, - love story in thumbnail view. - Whatever it takes, - ah is clearly seen. - And ah, - you know, - the image isn't as unique as some of the other ones that we saw, - like the elephant, - but or the house on the water. - But it is is easy, - easily read. - And you know, - if you're looking for a love novel, - it might catch her eye. - So good job, - toe Lindsay Page and their team. - And lastly, - I just want to mention I love the texture of this, - this image on top, - you know, - it's not just blank white, - it has this rough texture. - And that's something that I I want you guys to get into is to play with textures, - play with transfer moods. - You know, - this texture just blends into the image below, - and that's really, - really nice. - So I hope you enjoyed these samples of some of the covers that I think work. - And, - uh, - if you want me to go through more, - please let me know. - But for now, - that's it. - And I hope you have enjoyed this section. - Have a great day, - and I hope you're very inspired and you're brainstorming about ideas for your own cover. - Thanks for watching and we'll see you next time 24. Choosing a Style: - Hey, - guys, - let's talk about picking a style for my e book cover. - Diary of a film student is going to be a practice round. - So you're gonna follow along with me. - You're gonna look at more samples. - I'm gonna show you some of samples and talk about the different samples in my genre. - We're going to talk about what the mood of my book is and get a feel for what type of - Bieber cover and lots, - lots more. - So enjoy this lesson. - Okay, - so now I want to do a little bit of research on other cover is similar to my book Diary of - a film student Before I actually go in and design my cover just like Amy did when she was - showing us her, - uh, - her way of of building an e book cover. - She kind of looked at all sorts of different covers. - You did a big brainstorm kind of brain map for this, - and that was really nice of her. - And for me, - I just want to go into Amazon. - I'm under the Kindle store under the book department, - and I just want to look up some some books that are similar. - So first thing I did was type in film school to see what pops up this book. - Film school, - The true story of a Midwestern family man who went to the world's most famous film school - fell flat. - Ah, - and about that, - um, - this book actually is probably one that's the most similar to my story because it's an - autobiography and it looks like it has a similar. - It's in this similar genre, - you know, - it looks like it might be a little bit funny, - but also contains some lessons about film school now the cover. - It's hard to see, - of course, - because it's a thumbnail, - but you can see the title foam school. - That's nice, - and that's a good title toe have because I'm sure a lot of people a lot of film students, - are looking up film school books on Amazon. - So the key word for that for that book is good. - Um, - and it often pops up when I look up film books. - The cover is this guy looks like a post apocalyptic ah, - seen with Hollywood in the background. - He's raising camera above. - There's some women grabbing onto his legs. - Ah, - river of blood. - Look, - I mean, - the cover. - It's hard to tell exactly what this is about. - Maybe some redemption story. - Um, - but that being said does kind of have a similar feel to mine where I like the illustration - . - The boldness of the Texas Nice down here, - Um, - 101 things I learned in film school. - Another book, - it looks like written by a film students that's similar to me. - The cover is quite boring. - The text basically just a black background. - It's got this red stripe over here. - I don't really like it. - And this looks like a stock images you found online. - So not my favorite. - Here we have a clapper. - We were looking at Clapper's in the stock photography before, - and she did this. - Are this guy Tom, - Edgar Rather and Karen? - Both of them. - They got a good design going. - The text of the books. - The title is actually within the film Clapper, - so that's kind of cool. - So I have a good idea of, - you know, - the different styles. - A lot have different of different film iconic film in images in them, - like the Clapper, - and this guy's carrying a camera down here we have ah guy Caron cameras well, - So I went ahead and looked up film student to see what that brought up. - And, - ah, - the first result. - Making movies without Money. - This is a book for filmmakers, - for students, - photographers and other starving artists. - The background of this book is hard to see, - but it is a countdown. - So at the start of movie, - want to go 10 97 6 You got that countdown. - So that's kind of cool down here, - student. - This book isn't about filmmaking, - I noticed, - but it does have film in the the about section. - So that's probably why it popped up when I typed in films doing. - But I do like how it is the It's like a paper. - The thought of the text is kind of looks like it's hand ridden. - It's got these crumpled up pieces of paper strewn around, - and so I like that it's got this coffee cup right here in the middle of the coffee is the - author's name. - So I really like that style. - And maybe combining something like this with the animation kind of a graphic of the first - book. - Um, - this film school book would be something that I'd be interested in last or second last, - I looked up diary to see what pops up, - and a lot of the diary books looks similar to what we just saw. - It's got this funny that looks like it's hand written lots of scribbles. - No, - these aren't related to film school at all, - but it does give you a sense of what type of book. - It is definitely personal stories. - The story of a six great ninja. - This looks like a fiction book, - or it's actually a Siri's, - Um, - but you can see from the writing that's got the paper background like we saw before, - so it's pretty cool. - I like this one diary of an almost cool girl because you see this image of this girl who - looks like a superhero and that really stands out amongst the bright pink background. - I don't like that background, - but for this book, - it works. - Last, - I just looked up autobiography to see what that would would bring up. - Um, - and similar amongst all of these is that you have an image of the person who is the subject - of the autobiography, - and so that is something I want to keep in mind when I'm doing my project. - While I don't want to have my face on the cover. - Maybe I want to have some sort of animation version or caricatured version of myself on the - cover, - like in these other examples, - such as the diary of 1/6 Grade Ninja or Dari Oven. - Almost cool girl. - So now I can have a better idea of what I want to do. - My cover as I like the comedy and lightness of this style. - But I also like having the elements of film school in It may be a camera, - Um, - and I also like the background the backdrop of, - you know, - a journal or a piece of paper or something similar to that. - So I'm gonna put that all those ideas together into creating my actual e book cover in the - next few lessons. - Thanks for watching, - and I'll see you next time 25. Setting Up the Project: - Hey, - guys, - welcome to a great section in this course on creating my cover. - Finally, - we're gonna take everything we learn actually put it to use. - So in the next few lessons fall along with me as I set up my project as I add my content as - I line and adjust my content as I do that finishing touches saved my project and convert to - apple sizing because I'm going to be be editing first for a standard e book cover size for - , - like, - Amazon or Google on. - Then I'm going to show you how to convert your cover to apple sizing. - So enjoy the rest of these lessons in this section and I'll see you inside by Hey, - guys, - the let's practice creating an e book cover. - And this isn't actually practice. - This is me creating a real cover for my e book diary of a film student. - So first thing you need to do is create your composition and how big it is. - So you go up to file and New and Photoshopped, - and just like we learned, - you just have to set your settings right to meet for me. - I'm actually going to use the Amazon Kindle recommended size for this e book cover. - So it's going to be 15. - 63 by 2500. - Um and so I'm gonna keep that rgb color transparent. - That's great. - Gonna create new new composition. - So that was actually the same size as this other composition that I already started. - Four. - Diary of a film student. - Another way to do this is to just simply use the supplemental material. - If you're watching this on you to me or a skill feed, - I have added some supplemental material Photoshopped files for both the 15 63 by 2500 size - and the 14 or 1600 by 2400 size. - So go ahead and download those. - And you can just open up those projects and you already have a blank template ready to go. - You just have to delete the text from that and you're ready to go. - So thank you for watching. - And next we're going to be adding our content and talking a little bit about that. - I talk you later. - Bye. 26. Importing Content: - Hey, - guys. - So the next step in creating R E book cover is too Import our content and get all the - content Meaning all the images, - the shapes, - the layers, - the textures that we have that we've either downloaded from the Internet or that we've - taken with our cameras all those pieces we want to bring into Photoshopped I've already - brought my content in, - but the way you do that is to go upto file and then place. - Then you just go through your finder. - If you're on a Mac or your documents on a PC and you just click him and then press open - another way is just to go to your finder and, - uh, - click and drag and drop images into your you're even cover. - Uh, - canvas right here. - I don't want that in here, - though, - So I have brought in some of my raw images. - And first let me show you, - actually, - Ah, - what we're going to be creating so that you have an idea of while we're going through this - . - I want to show you the end product so you can see the process that got there. - So here is the final cover that I've created four diary of a film student. - It took the elements of Of, - of the even the diary. - The theme of a diary with lined paper is coffee stain the scribbles over the side and then - the boldness of the text up here, - we're gonna talk all more all about all these elements more and why I chose them. - But basically, - you get that idea of the U book from this design right here. - Um, - so let me go through, - you know, - one by one through these these layers and show you what I have. - First I have this paper texture layer. - This is how it came. - Ah, - it's just I downloaded from the Internet, - and it's just going to be the background texture. - I have a couple different coffee stains that I also downloaded from online, - and so that that gives me a couple of different options. - Most importantly, - I have this, - uh, - this image of this traffic of me, - actually that was created by someone on fiber dot com. - I didn't create this graphic, - but I knew I wanted something a little bit fun and unique. - Ah, - I wanted I didn't want to just put a picture of a camera on my cover. - I wanted to do something unique like this, - but I couldn't. - I couldn't, - you know, - draw this myself. - And I didn't want to just put my image on the cover. - I just I felt weird about that. - I wanted to do something else. - So I thought maybe like a caricature or some sort of cartoon version of myself would be - cool. - So on fiber dot com That's fiber. - F i v e r r dot com. - It's a site where you can pay people to do awesome things for $5 in the front thing from - creating and a caricature to, - um, - I don't know, - writing a message for you. - Or there's all sorts of things that people will do on the marketplace. - And so someone created this for $5 for me, - which is such a great teal, - I have this awesome cartoon version of myself. - Um and so these are the basic elements, - and you can see where I'm going to go with this. - And, - uh, - how I'm actually going to design the cover from all of these images to get this final look - . - Something like this. - Okay, - so that's it for adding my content. - Um, - for now, - we're gonna be adding text and that stuff late in the next lessons. - But for now, - that's my content. - I hope you enjoyed this lesson. - And you understand why I am using this content and we'll talk more in the next lesson. - See you then. - Bye. 27. Designing the Cover: - Hey, - guys, - let's create my cover. - So I want toe rewind a little bit and pretend like we didn't even see the complete - finalized cover that I showed you last time. - And the reason why is because I want to be in a blank mindset. - I want to be in the mindset of just having done my research, - having seen all of the other samples of of e book covers that are related toe filmmaking in - auto by our fees and go from there, - Um, - rather than going backwards from my final product. - And so I have these amazing content layers right now and now is just what do I do with them - ? - So first thing first is I want to create the backdrop of my e book cover. - Sometimes it could be a solid color. - Sometimes it could be a texture. - Today I want to use some do something with this line paper, - so I'm going to make these other layers disappear for now. - So I have this line paper. - I wanted to cover the entire space, - so I'm going to just increase the size by using the move tool clicking and dragging while - holding shift to make sure that the entire thing that the image increases in size but - doesn't stretch. - So that's about right right there. - I like that spot and then I'm going to show, - see what it looks like with the image of myself on it. - So it's pretty good. - I like it. - But the background might be a little bit too dark for me, - and I want my image to pop a little bit more off of the background. - Right now, - it's kind of a little bit, - too. - It blends into the background too much. - So I want this to be a little bit lighter. - What I need to do is drop the opacity of this background. - So if you go click this layer and you go up to this opacity over here, - drop down the menu and then just drop it down, - you can see that I could make it more or less opaque. - But when I make it more opaque, - you can tell that the background is transparent. - I need a light background so that it becomes that the whole backdrop itself becomes lighter - , - so I'm going to go over to my shape tool. - I'm going to create a new layer by selecting layer new layer. - We'll do background. - Then I want to make sure my color is white or something lighter than this was gonna click - and drag across the entire background. - So I have this background layer, - and I'm going to put this underneath my layer. - Three. - This is my paper texture. - We'll rename that. - So now I'm going to drop the opacity. - So 50 is a little bit too bright. - Maybe I'll do something like 70. - That's looking pretty good. - Another thing I can do is play with these layer modes where it says normal. - There's a drop down menu. - You can go through these to see if there's one that looks good. - Um, - and there's also some of them you know, - you'll have to play with them. - Some of them don't do anythings at all, - but some do something cool, - um, - and make it a unique kind of overlay effect. - So But I like just dropping the passenger to 70%. - This makes my emit the image of myself pop out a little bit more, - and I like that a lot. - Okay, - Next is I e. - I want I want to add, - uh, - this coffee stain to the image itself. - And so I'm going to get rid of the image of myself for a second coming of these coffee - stains. - And just speaking of lair, - uh, - layer modes, - transfer modes. - I want to change this to multiply, - and this gets rid of the white. - It's a multiple. - Using multiple. - I will get rid of the white. - I'm going to just move these around, - see what they look like, - maybe rotate them so I can put it up top or put it down in the corner. - I can even drop the opacity a little bit if I think it's too bright. - Something like that. - I like it being in the bottom corner because I know I want text on the top. - And I don't want this to distract the viewer from being on the top. - And bottom left corner is a good places to put it. - For now, - I might move it to the bottom, - right or on my might leave it in the bottom left. - But this is good for now. - So now I want to see what my two options are. - So now placed boast both of them there. - So there is one option. - There is the other option. - I kind of like this option because a little bit smaller and less distracting them. - This one. - But I don't like Ah, - these circles right here. - The circle of drops right here. - I just like the circle of the coffee stain. - So I'm gonna select this and I'm going to use my race tool racer tool and just go ahead and - a race Thies this part of the image right there. - So now I just have the coffee stain like this that's looking pretty good. - And I like that a lot. - No, - I'm gonna put my my care picture of myself right here, - going to drop the size a little bit. - Well, - in the center, - I know I'm going to want to add text of the top and maybe add my name at the bottom. - Um, - And for this e book, - I am for this version, - I'm just doing year one, - and so I'm gonna have to have that somewhere as well. - So in the next lesson, - I'm going to talk about adding the text. - But for now, - I have the content of my e book laid out in a way that I like And then from here I'm just - going toe, - add text and then play with the sizing and the colors and shapes of of the rest of the - content. - Thank you for watching, - and I'll see you in the next lesson. 28. Adding Text: - Okay, - guys, - how is it going today? - I want to start adding some text to my e book cover, - so I'm going to use my text tool. - And first, - I'm just gonna go ahead and write out the, - uh, - title of my book Diary of a Film Student. - And I'm just gonna place it in the middle on the top, - like so about where I want it. - Lums, - where I'm going to want it. - I'm just gonna make it, - have black suit up here, - change it to black. - So this thought that it's actually on isn't a bad font. - I like it. - It's motor oil. - It's it's called motor Oil 1937. - It's bold, - it's clean and it's easy to see. - And so, - like I mentioned in ah, - previous lessons, - I want to think thumb now. - So I decrease the size to 8% and this is about what the thumbnail is going to look like. - And you can still read Diary of a film student. - So it's a good fun. - For example, - I'm going to change this to try changing it to something like, - Ah, - this party Hell e t. - And then I'm going to decrease decrease the size of this are comp, - and the way you do that is by clicking this magnifying glass and then going up here to this - minus and then clicking. - Or you can use the hot ki Z and use that changes it to the magnifying glass. - As you can see here in some now version, - with this fun, - you cannot read the text at all. - So as a bad fun, - that's because it's a uh, - it's a script fun and not a bold sawn Sarah farm. - Um, - so let us, - uh, - change it to a font that I know I'm going to like called the league Gothic Lee Gothic is a - great fun that I used for a lot of my projects. - Just get a bold. - It's clean and it's stylish. - It's great. - Um, - it's very condensed, - so you can fit a lot into a line and still make it big. - I also want to make this all capital, - so I'm just gonna go over here, - um, - and click this all caps and this is again underneath your character option over here Gonna - decrease the side size a little bit. - Sorry of a film student of time, - student. - Then I want to just decrease the size of just the of an A. - So I'm going to highlight those. - I'm going to decrease the size of those ones a little bit more than the rest so that the - other words stand out. - So that's looking pretty good right now. - Um, - I don't mind it going straight across, - but I want to try changing it up a little bit. - So I want to select this fun. - Select the text, - Presti, - or go to the text tool and then go up to this create warp text option up here. - No, - I didn't click it. - I want to create an ark. - So here you can see that it shows that it's art. - Here, - let me bring down this text so that we can see it all for sure. - Because I wanted to kind of arc over my care pictures head. - So go back to our text tool or text are I'm just gonna play with this a little bit. - You can play with different distortions if you want. - I don't like those distortions at all. - Um, - but the bend is what I'm gonna be playing with. - So maybe about 30 is good. - So let's zoom out Z and then zoom out. - You can also press, - alter or option to toggle between Zoom in and zoom out and here you can see that it's - looking very good already. - I like that fun. - I like the sizing. - You can see it when it's in the thumbnail view. - And now I want to add the text below me for, - um, - my name. - So I'm just gonna go open the text tool click down here and I'm going to say right my first - and last name. - I'm gonna put it underneath my feet. - And I don't want it to be Aziz big as my title of my film or of my book. - So I'm just gonna make it a little bit smaller and I like how it aligns. - I wanted some lines, - sort of with his feet right here. - The characters feet because aligning things, - it makes it look good. - Um, - just having straight lines and edges of things lining up. - So something like this is looking good like this. - So you have my name down here? - I don't have to put by or author or anything like that. - People will understand that that is my name. - So there I have my title of my book, - my name, - but I still want to add the year one. - I'm gonna move this up a little bit, - so I have room to put year one below this as a subtitle. - So I'm gonna add some text, - another text layer. - So just go to text click on your composition. - I got right year one, - and I could move this up here and just leave it like that. - But I want to change the farm. - And it was kind of a rule that you should only use two for up to two fonts in your on your - e book cover Just because if you start doing mawr, - um, - it starts to get a little hectic and crazy. - I downloaded a free font from de font dot com and it's a nice fun that looks like a hand - written, - and it's free public domain, - so I can use this on my e book cover. - So actually, - the size of that is looking pretty nice already. - I could maybe increase it a little bit. - I don't want to be too big. - I actually wanted to be small in that, - so I'll just go back to 35.5. - And I know I'm not going to read this when it zoomed out in some now view. - But I do know also that, - um, - people will be able to read it when it's full frame when you're viewing in the full mode. - I don't really care of people. - Use it reading it in the thumbnail do because I want people to see Diary of a film student - first. - Actually, - very first, - I think the image of myself, - um, - really takes the cake and it will be eye catching was like cute Kerik it cartoon of myself - . - Um and then next they'll see that See the text. - I think that's pretty good. - I'm also going to add an element of text down here with some scribbles. - So it looks like this is kind of like a note pad of mine that I was right ideas down. - So I'm gonna take this same layer, - and I'm just going to duplicate it. - And then I'm going to drag and drop it down here that I'm going to change the font using - the text tool or change the actual writing. - So I'm going to say life goals on underneath. - I'm gonna write yeah, - into college, - make new friends and watch more movies because these were some of the goals I had. - Freshman year of college. - I'm going to select them. - Goto, - pair up and left. - Justify X. - I'm gonna left justify all of it. - Then I'm going to shrink the text by just selecting using the move tool, - shrinking it a bit, - then rotating. - I want to be all be seen. - So I might have toe decrease the size a little bit more or even decrease the size of my my - cartoon myself and then the life goals. - I want to actually move this so that it's more centered above the list of bulls. - So something like that, - I was gonna make sure that my character is above at the top of my you big cover of all the - layers so that it's on top of everything. - So I'm just gonna make sure that everything's centered. - Maybe increase the size of my guy, - uh, - play around with all of the elements a little bit. - Make sure that you know it's rotated the right amount so that people can still read it. - Something like that. - Align my text of the bottom imagine over a little bit that is looking pretty good. - I like it a lot. - So let's see what my final cover looks like. - So as you can see, - it's pretty good. - 01 thing I forgot to do is add my nose, - which I got this caricature from, - Ah, - the girl in fiber. - But they forgot to add my nose. - And my girlfriend was like, - You need to had your nose because your nose is very distinctive. - Gets along my life. - We call it an ebb in your nose because it's my the avenues off long noses. - So I'm going to use the brush tool for this. - I'm gonna go ahead and start a new layer. - Okay? - I'm gonna go over to this brush tool. - I'm gonna go up here to the option right here to change the size and the brush. - I'm gonna use one of the flat angle little bristle. - Actually, - I'm gonna use maybe this round point stiff and then just gonna decrease the size. - And then I'm going to zoom in to my composition so I can see what I'm doing. - Go back to my brush and groups make sure that I'm using black to match the rest of my - features and then just draw Quick knows, - just like that There have my Evan or knows maybe move it up a little bit on my face. - Something like that. - So now to see the final version, - it is very similar. - I mean, - my final version it's a little bit brighter, - so maybe I will, - um, - drop the past a little bit more. - Um, - and, - uh, - yeah, - I think it's looking pretty good. - So that is how you design an e book cover. - I hope you really like mine. - Ah, - the text is bold. - It's easily seen. - Um, - the text against the background is a good color contrast. - You have a light background with dark text. - The image is very unique and eye catching. - The texture in the background adds quality to it. - If this was just a white background, - didn't have this coffee stain or this text on the side. - Look out. - Boring. - This this cover is. - But then you add all those elements and you start to see this really professional nice - looking, - unique fun e book cover. - All right. - Thank you for watching next. - We're going to save it, - um, - into different formats and we'll see you then. - Thanks for watching 29. Saving the Cover: - Hey, - guys. - So we created my cover. - Now I want to export to different formats that I have all of them. - So I'm going to go up to save save as I'm just gonna go format. - I'm going to save it as a JPEG. - You can save it out. - J pig options 12 maximum is the quality. - Just leave these settings alone, - and then you press OK, - then I'm gonna go up and save as again and save it as a PNG right click save. - Okay on that will save it out as a PNG go up to file, - save eyes go down to tiff clicks click, - save do know emit in his complexion. - Compression None. - All the stuff you can leave alone, - then press OK. - And then you will have all the major file formats for any of the e book publishers online. - So all the using all those, - um, - they're having all those you should be taking care of. - If there are other versions, - then you can of course, - go ahead and just go up up to file, - save as and save has a different version. - All right. - Thanks for watching. - Next time, - we're gonna be learning about converting this to a different size. - Okay, - We'll see you then. 30. Converting to Another Size: - Hey there. - So one thing you might come across or run into is, - uh, - having to convert your e book cover to a different size. - Um, - because some of the different e book publishers recommend different size, - and maybe you created it in one size, - and I'm gonna show you easy ways to stay, - uh, - converted to that new size. - So this one is 15 63 pixels by 2500. - I'm going to start a new composition that is the, - uh, - app like an apple standard. - Ah, - apple iBook, - which is 1400 or 1600 by 20. - 400. - So it's a little bit taller and a little bit skinnier. - Um, - and so a little bit, - I guess. - Fat shorter and a little fatter, - actually. - Um, - so, - to what I want to do is copy all of these layers into my new composition. - So to do that, - I'm just gonna select all layers just by selecting the top one. - And I go into the last one and pressing shift and clicking. - Or you can just go through them one by one and collect command or control. - If you're on a PC and selecting all of them, - I'm going to right click and say Duplicate layers destination. - I want to do it to my untitled two, - which is my new composition. - That's 14 1600 by 2400 pixels and click OK, - and now I'll see When I brought it in all of my layers air here, - but you can see that they aren't aligned properly because the sizes different, - so we just have to adjust them. - So go ahead and I'm going to move this paper texture background, - um, - around on the white background, - actually make it bigger. - That covers the whole background, - the dire of film soon in Texas, - looking pretty good. - But since it a little bit shorter, - I might decrease the size of my cartoon a little bit to make room for my text at the bottom - . - Um, - make sure that these life goals are aligned. - How they were in the other cover. - And when I duplicated the layers, - it made both coffee stains appear, - um, - and so I'm gonna get rid of the one that I don't like. - Then the one that I do like I'm going Teoh, - move up a little bit. - Make sure that the rotation looks good. - Maybe decrease the size of a little bit and then just practice re sizing everything. - Make sure that everything is where you want it to be. - And that's pretty much all you have to do. - So it's not too hard. - You can see my nose is now in my on my lips. - So the nose up and there you have it, - an even cover that is converted to the new size. - You just go up file, - save as then you can save as all of your different options. - Okay, - so that is it. - I hope you enjoyed that quick lesson. - And I helped you a lot. - If you have any questions, - please feel free to contact me. - And if not, - have a great day by 31. Carbon Book Cover - Session 1: - Hey, - students, - I hope you're really enjoying this class and really getting a feel for creating e book - covers. - And you're inspired by the covers that we've seen and the covers that we've created so far - . - Um, - and I want to give you another example, - so you get more of feel for creating at cover from scratch. - So let's say we have a book about carbon, - your carbon footprint. - It's called carbon. - The honest truth is the subtitle that is completely made up, - but I want to show you how I create a cover for that foot. - So first I want to start, - um, - are start a new project. - So I go up to file You knew 1600 by 2400 is a great with hype. - We've learned that already. - So I won't waste your time talking about all of that. - Now we have our basic e book cover layup. - I download some images from online that I think will help us. - These I just found on Google. - But if you're creating a cover, - make sure you find your images ah, - that are in public domain name. - I have to purchase them from a stock photography. - The site or just take them yourself. - But for this example, - I'm just going to show you some images that I found. - So I found a footprint because I thought maybe I could do something with a footprint for - carbon footprint. - Um, - let's see, - What else do I have here? - Um, - I have another footprint, - Some samples. - Okay. - So, - grass, - this might come in handy for for just a texture. - Something like that stars this one come in handy. - Basically, - I was thinking of the theme of earth and nature. - I have this texture that's kind of grungy and dark and kind of feels like carbon on. - Then I have the earth. - So I brought all these layers on here. - And so first, - what I want to do is look at my my footprints and isolate one of those footprints. - So I think I'm going to want to grab this left foot. - So a tool that I didn't teach you yet is this Ah, - polygonal lasso tool. - So if you go to your lasso tool and then click this middle one, - you have this tool where you can click, - and then I kind of just you create an outline of whatever image you want. - So just clicking on and it creates this outline and then to close to create this this - selection, - you have to close the loop. - So you make sure you go to the end and then click, - and then it creates this selection. - We're going to copy and paste this by pressing command Z command, - be on my Mac, - and then I can get rid of this background over here. - So I'm just going to go ahead and delete that. - You know, - I have this left foot print, - which is nice. - Rotate a little bit and increase the size. - And I'm going to make sure I have hold shift down while im increased increasing the size of - that. - Now, - I want, - uh I'm going to start out with a white background, - so I'm going to create a new layer. - So I'm just going to press command shift and which is the hockey on a Mac to create a new - layer. - I'm gonna call this white. - I'm just gonna select my shape tool, - go to color, - make sure I have white selected, - then click and drag. - So there I have my background. - So this is going to be the basic form of my cover. - There's lots more, - but I'm gonna stop now to break this lesson into a few different sections for you guys to - watch easily at your own pace. - We'll see you next time. 32. Carbon Book Cover - Session 2: - Okay, - We're back. - And we have our layers created Are cut out of our foot. - Now, - I just want to play with some transfer moods. - And I like, - you know, - this foot being, - Ah, - the texture that is it looks like a real footprint. - It's not just like a clip art version, - but maybe we can use some of these other images to fill in the foot itself and to create - kind of a cool, - cool image that way. - So first, - I'm going to increase the size of these in this grass image. - Could see what it looks like. - Sorry for the lag time on my computer. - It's not being friendly today, - so that covers the foot itself. - All right, - then I'm going to just play through these transfer modes on a Mac. - I can press shift and then the plus or minus keys to go through them just to scroll through - them. - Not exactly sure what it is on a PC. - So, - um, - if you know, - please let me know so I can tell everyone in the nose. - And as you can see this lighten or the screen mode, - it basically shows the grass through the black footprint and That's kind of cool. - Already doing something different thing, - just the black footprint. - So I like Khan that light 10 with the screen, - Maybe the screen that looks good. - Something like that Might be Might work. - How about let's try on the stars. - So I'm going to again. - I'm just going to wrote, - Take this, - actually. - And I'm going to increase the size holding shift down, - and then I'm going to go ahead and scroll through some of these transfer modes. - So again, - lighten or screen is gonna be a good one. - So that's kind of was Well, - um, - maybe I want, - you know, - the earth somewhere on here. - For now, - I'm just gonna leave the stars, - you know, - of the earth somewhere. - But I want to actually try and see what it looks like with the earth in the foot. - That would really get be a nice image for this cover the imagery of a carbon footprint, - You know, - your footprint on the earth. - So let's see what that looks like. - Yeah, - I like something like that. - A lot. - So, - lion screen Lyons seems to be the one that does the trick for this image. - Just gonna move these layers around put it below the texture. - So something like that is starting to look really cool. - I want to move up the foot. - So I'm just gonna select it press shift and up on the keep had and just kind of center it - so that there is the same amount of space on the top and bottom. - So there's, - you know, - you see the white space on the top and the bottom is about the same. - It's all about aligning things that way. - And my title is gonna go over here on the right s o. - I think I'm going to stick with that earth rather than the stars or the grass. - For now, - I'm not going to get rid of those layers because maybe those going come here come in handy - for now. - I really like this. - And where it's going next, - we're gonna add the text. - I Thanks for watching. - We'll see next time 33. Carbon Book Cover - Session 3: - Okay, - so we have Our cover is the basic layout is there now, - I just want to style eyes it. - So I have this texture that I, - um that I downloaded from the internet. - It's just an image. - And you can, - um you know, - you can totally find tons of textures. - Some are very free and available public domain. - You know, - there's a lot of great artists that like to create textures for free. - I'm just gonna make sure that this is big enough to cover entire cover itself. - And I'm just gonna play again with the transfer mode. - So I'm gonna press shift plus or minus to play around with this. - So, - as you can see, - sometimes it just gives texture to the earth. - Sometimes it gives texture to the white background. - I wanted to give a texture to the white background because the white back background - without this, - it's just too. - Why is to playing And I need some sort of feeling. - I need some sort of texture. - So this pin light is actually very nice. - Um is subtract contar knit black and white, - black, - and I actually kind of looks nice for the footprint itself, - but I like the colors popping out as well. - So maybe something like this. - Hard light see hard light and pin lights intimate my favorite, - but it's going. - It's too bright with hard light, - so I'm gonna drop the opacity with hard light. - I'm just gonna drop the opacity to around 50 and then I'm going to actually rotate this so - that the bright spot of this texture is where the text is. - I'm going to increase the size a little bit more, - and I like having it at kind of an angle. - Just gives it a little bit more uniqueness to it. - And it's not just completely straight lines, - and you know what you expect. - I like doing things that people don't expect. - So the bright part of this, - you know, - it is nice against the black text, - so it's easy to see. - But now, - Ah, - my earth is a little bit dark, - so let's just play around to see how we can make this a little bit brighter by putting on - top of the texture. - It doesn't really help me because the transfer modes make these clouds visible, - tried duplicating it. - That does not do anything. - I just ah, - let's try adding a brightness effect. - So if you go down here with your layer selected to this half, - sir, - the circle with half black, - half white, - select it and scroll down when they like brightness, - contrast, - the adjustments pop up here, - I'm gonna increase the brightness. - I mean, - something like that might work well, - so let's just play around a little bit more with these stars. - Stars are screen mood, - but I just want to make them normal. - I want to increase the size and see if this adds any cool texture by playing with the - transfer modes just to see what it does. - I like doing the hut. - You know, - I just like playing around to see what this does. - So I like this kind of because it adds some texture to the black. - You know, - it feels dirty. - That's what carbon makes me feel like it feels dirty, - but then it messes up my foot. - I'm just gonna continue to see if there's something else. - Do something like this. - So difference, - um, - or exclusion or subtract all of these three. - My work. - I like exclusion because for a subtract and difference, - you see the carbon over the footprint but for us, - attract are for exclusion. - Rather, - uh, - you It's white speckles on the footprint and black speckles on background. - And that's kind of cool. - I really dig that. - And who knew that image on image of stars would turn into dirt carbon on the front cover of - my book as a texture? - But it just takes playing around with so something like that's good. - I wanna erase the speckles around my title so they don't interferes. - I'm just gonna take my eraser tool, - um, - and quickly and easily erase this, - Uh, - you have to rast arise it to be on erase it. - That's flying. - Just gonna do that Erased the purr of the speckles Our Where the the covered title I saw a - sign like that So this cover looks actually pretty cool I'm come inspired. - Maybe all write a book about carbon footprints But this is just another example of a and - you but cover Ah, - the balance you know is nice on the left and then the right side is the title. - There's lots of negative space. - The contrast of the background is light enough so that the dark text pops out and the text - is big enough to see in a thumbnail version. - But really, - what stands out is the footprint itself. - Um, - and even though it's kind of a police shape image, - the footprint, - I think it's very nice and the a symbol of a carbon footprint, - you know, - as a footprint meat of the earth. - I think that's very nice. - And, - you know, - the texture is nice and everything about it I really like. - So I hope you like it, - too. - And I hope that these lessons helped you a lot in learning more about, - you know, - the creative process behind creating e book covers. - Um, - and you know, - just the practical how to use photo shop. - If you have any questions with what I was doing, - how it did something. - Please let me know. - I know always going fast through all this. - I'm sorry if you, - you know, - have to re one watch it. - But that's what learning is all about. - Thank you for watching, - and we'll see you in the next lesson by 34. Carbon Book Cover - Session 4: - so it's time to add the title of our book. - So I'm just gonna go ahead and write down carbon on me. - Select It was in white, - so I'm going to make sure that it's in black. - Sorry if I'm running through this lesson fast, - but I want you to get it all, - um, - and understand it, - and I don't want it to take too long. - So it's in black now. - And so I'm gonna linnet maybe around here, - it's gonna end up being around here in the middle of my book. - This book, - this foot kind of balances the left takes a lot of the left inside of this cover. - But there's a space right here for the for the title where you know, - the arc of your foot. - Um, - it creates this space. - So the font that was I was using last was this Mona Lisa. - Let's try something else. - I'm going to highlight that The font choice up here and then is click down on the arrow - keys to see what I can use. - Mossy is the font that I used for my other book Dire of film student. - I'm not going to use that again. - I definitely like, - you know, - the serif fonts. - Um, - something like this is very nice. - Uh, - I don't even know how you pronounce that any Oh, - you. - But it's going to be too thin for the some nail version, - but it does have a bold version, - so they use something like that. - Look good. - Let me just make sure I can read it from thumbnail version. - So yeah, - something like that you can definitely read, - especially if the background is going to be light like that. - So I'm going to decrease the size a little bit. - It's taking a little too much space. - I want to balance it out a bit. - It's a sign like that. - Then I'm going to duplicate this cool trick is to press option or Ault. - While you have a layer selected, - your mouse turns into like a duplication tour. - You just click and drag and you have created a new layer. - Easy as that Save the honest truth is the subtitle again. - This is just all made up that I'm going to decrease the size of this so that it aligns with - the farm with title above it. - So something like this my cool I want to make sure that the right and the left sides of - this title a line with the carbon itself something like this is going to look nice. - So very clean, - which actually contrast with the idea of carbon and carbon footprint, - which is kind of a cool, - um, - you know, - way of doing it. - I could make this, - like, - a very Renji looking font. - Maybe something like, - Let me show you one of my grungy fonts. - Um, - this capture it right here. - You know, - that's kind of a cool for this, - but I don't know. - I feel like that's cliche. - So something like this was clean. - No, - I are new. - What is very nice. - And you can see it when is thumbnail version and the subtitle is hard to see and that's the - thumbnail version. - But that's OK. - I think the image of the footprint looks very nice. - Um, - and it's very eye catching. - Let me just sent. - Make sure that this is centered. - And one way to make sure that it centered is to use these rulers up here. - So, - uh, - up here on the top, - you can You can show guys this little option. - I here make sure you have show guides checked and show rulers. - And then when you have your move, - tool select, - you can actually click in these rulers and then drag, - and it creates this line. - You can see, - um and you can place it in the middle of your composition just like that. - So my composition is about five and 1/4 of five and a little bit more than 1/4. - So half of that is gonna be 2.5 would see a little bit over to and, - uh, - you know, - between 2.5 and two and, - uh, - 3/4 of some something like this. - Then up and down, - my composition is eight inches. - Well, - hi. - And I could do this by pixels, - but then notice before and so this is pretty much in the center of the titles. - Let me this like both and, - you know, - just make sure they're completely centered. - There's about the same amount of white space on the right of the letters as there is on the - left of this foot, - which is very nice. - To get rid of these lines, - you can just select them and drag them off of the frame off your canvas. - So for now, - I'm gonna leave it like that. - I'm not done. - But I've finished out of my text. - And the next I'm going to add some more textures and make it really come to life. - I see next time.