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Join author Nigel French in Designing Book Covers Hands-On Workshop as he walks through several approaches to creating professional, engaging book covers using Adobe Creative Suite applications. This course covers document setup, composition and layout, illustration, typography essentials, and printing. Exercise files accompany the course.

Course Designing Book Covers Hands-On Workshop Author Nigel French SKU ISBN Release Date 2010-08-26 Duration 2.46 hrs / 36 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 29.95 Retail price $ 59.95 Language Tags Covers

2. Getting Started The project brief 02:30 Doing research 04:16 Setting up a document in InDesign CS5 05:04 Setting up a document in InDesign CS4 06:04 Putting your InDesign CS5 document on a grid 03:02 Putting your InDesign CS4 document on a grid 04:31 Setting up the document in Illustrator and placing it on a grid 04:30 3. The "Big Book" Solution Creating hand-drawn type with the Blob Brush tool 04:13 Using Live Paint to color type 03:40 Choosing typefaces 03:42 Creating a simple illustration using the Pen and Gradient tools 08:43 Applying type effects 05:42 Manual tracing 04:42 Using the gradient and transparency effects 09:57 4. The Typographic Solution Distressed type 05:43 More distressed type 03:35 Using mirrored type 03:34 Using giant wraparound text 03:56 Starting text on the cover 00:40 5. The Abstract Solution

6. The Illustration Solution Using historic photography 06:21 Using Illustrator to create a simple illustration 04:19 Using gradient mesh in Illustrator to create a simple illustration 04:55 Using Live Trace on a photograph 03:52 Using black-and-white images creatively 04:41 7. Beyond the Front Cover Developing a book set 02:50 Designing the back cover 08:42 Designing the spine 02:41 Designing the flaps 11:30 8. Printing Using spot varnish 04:30 Preflighting your document 04:51 Preparing the PDF 03:35 Conclusion Goodbye 00:13