How to Design a Book Cover in Photoshop – How to Use Adobe Photoshop (Part 9)

Design with me as I walk you through the complete process of designing a book cover in Adobe Photoshop.

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0:00 Intro
0:11 Book Design Guidelines
0:41 Creating a New Template in Photoshop
1:01 Knowing your Book Dimensions
1:36 Using Ruler Guides in Photoshop
5:18 Designing the Front Cover of the Book
5:46 Importing a Photo into Photoshop
6:46 Adding Text to your Design
11:09 Importing a Logo into Photoshop
12:26 Designing the Back Cover of the Book
20:32 How to Make a Barcode in Photoshop
25:00 Edit Photos with Camera Raw Filter
30:27 Designing the Spine of the Book
33:57 Design Book Cover without a Photo
34:48 VERY IMPORTANT Book Design Tip
35:04 Saving as a JPEG File in Photoshop
35:18 How to Use Mock-Up in Photoshop
36:40 Editing a Mock-Up
37:54 Completed Book Design Mock-Up
38:56 Question of the Day

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[iamrakiarolle]

it! I've learnt so much and I love your excitement after you're done with your designs lol. Patiently waiting on the next one.

[michaeluraih]

This is the best video on the internet on this topic. Thank you. You saved me so much stress, time and money.

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OMG A MILLION THANKS MY BROTHER, I WAS SEARCHING SO HARD FOA SIMPLE BUT DETAILED VIDEO AND YOU SOLVED MY PROBLEM AND SAVED MY DAY

[kingdominternational]

First time watching it's so simple.

[EzechielFelix]

I loveeeed it bro. thanks for sharing your knowledge to the world man. i can't wait practice. i am Ezechiel Felix From Haiti

[Bishopoflyons]

I really enjoyed the tutorial. I learned quite a bit. Thank you.

[Checkman]

This is great and very understandable 😊

[monarashidi]

God blessed you, i really love your videos😍
You’re such a good teacher and your smile make me happy. Love you from Iran🤗🌹

[jabouletfiction]

This was amazing!! Thank you so much for making the steps so easy to follow! 💕💕 I'm gonna try to redo some of my old book covers. Crossing my fingers. This video helped immensely. It's so much like InDesign!

[tomobedlam]

EXCELLENT VIDEO! Step by step explanation and slow enough to follow your directions as you went along. Thank you!

[Malexa]

WOW MR Stephan, this is so complicated, but certainly, you explained god! I will watch it over again! wish to see the first tutorial of the features of adobe, where can I find it? Where can I download a free version of it?

[SukhbirCheema]

Thank you for this helpful video! How do I determine the thickness of my spine if I've not published my book yet?

[reshadsahand]

Watching and learning from you from Afghanistan. Thanks dear teacher.

[loisleke-amoo]

so niceee but mehn you're a perfectionist oo. I kept wondering all the moving up and down... that's what makes one a pro. Well

[sriley]

THIS WAS SO GOOD!!!! I want to start offering book design services NOW lol!!

[ajaydesai]

Thanks for this.. learnt so much from this

[d.rencao]

i dropped out of college cuz covid and you became my teacher. i really appreciate what you do CJam // from Vietnam

[abdulabraham]

i loved it. you are so cool the way you teach this thing. loved to watch more of your contents.

[thepurpleufo]

Just discovered you today and love your style...just watching and listening to you could make any day a good day...you are brilliant. Thanks for this great tutorial.

[nhipham]

thank you so much for this tutorial I rlly needed this!!