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> Get Articles > Graphics and Graphic Design > Create Amazing Covers In 10 Simple Steps! Create Amazing Covers In 10 Simple Steps! Download as PDFOvi Dogar articleabsolutecovers.com Professionall Covers For Less Than $20 http://www.affiliatecovers.com/proposal.html Create Amazing Covers In 10 Simple Steps! by Ovi Dogar Today I will teach you how you can create your own professional ebook cover in 10 easy steps. Each step is illustrated at http://www.affiliatecovers.com/10steps I work with Adobe Photoshop (PS) so you have to adjust my indications to match your graphic software commands. So, this being said, let's get started: STEP 1 Create a blank document with the following characteristics: Width: 283 px Height: 340 px Resolution: 72 dpi STEP 2 Add a new vertical guideline at 40 px (You can do this easily in PS by pressing ALT+V and then E) This line will be the border between the front cover and the spine STEP 3 This step is the most creative and time- consuming step. You'll have to actually do the layout of your cover. When you're finished, your image should look like a plain 2 dimensional cover with the spine aligned to the front cover. When you're happy with what you have designed, hit ALT+F. This will flatten the image so the layers will be no longer available. STEP 4 Now you'll have to select the actual front cover. Click on the rectangular selection tool and click and drag from the lower-left corner of the image up to the upper margin and to the guide you've set before. Copy the selection to clipboard (CTRL+C) STEP 5 Save the following template to your hard disk and open it in PS. Get it from: http://www.affiliatecovers.com/10steps/4.jpg You can get more templates like this for FREE from http://www.absolutecovers.com/link.pl?1=magic2001 STEP 6 Paste the clipboard content into the new document. Pressing CTRL+V should create a new layer STEP 7 With the new layer active click on Edit - Transform - Distort (ALT+E A D) This should let you to move each corner of the layer independently. Drag each corner on the corresponding corner of the template. When you're done, hit ENTER. STEP 8 Repeat steps 4, 6 and 7 with the spine side of the image. STEP 9 While the spine layer is selected, click on Image - Adjustments - Brightness and Contrast (ALT+I A C) and set the brightness to -50 so it will look like the spine is shadowed. STEP 10 Add a new layer, on top of all layers, set it's opacity to 50% select the 5px round blurred brush, select the white foreground color and draw a line over the edge between the front cover and the spine so it will look like there is a reflection of light on it. Now, just save the image in .jpg or .gif format and you're done. Let me know how your cover turned out at oviNOSPAMaffiliatecovers.com (remove NOSPAM to email me) Have a Profitable Day! Ovi Dogar, The CoversExpert ----------------------------------------------------------- Ovi Dogar is specialized in the creation of custom virtual covers that really sell. You can view some recent samples of his professional work at http://www.absolutecovers.com/samples.html =========================================================== How useful did you find this article? This article can be downloaded freely from http://www.get-articles.com and used on your website or in your ezine so long as the author is credited and their resource box left intact. You should not change any links in the article, and where the article is used on a website it's links should be clickable. Please see our terms and conditions page for more information: http://www.get-articles.com/authors-publishers-terms.php |
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