Self-publishing 2: Book Covers: Free PowerPoint Book Covers from Udemy

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Introduction

An overview of the course and it's objectives.

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How to Create Book Covers with Microsoft PowerPoint 2013

In this introduction to using Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 to create a book cover we create a solid white book cover in the proper orientation and dimensions while saving a working copy and exporting a JPEG image.

This lecture discusses how to upgrade your PowerPoint export resolution from 96 dpi to 300 dpi.

This lecture demonstrates upgrading PowerPoint 2013 export resolution on a Windows 8.1 PC.

Addendum: Setting PowerPoint 2016 Export Resolution to 300 DPI

An overview of how to add a background image to your book cover.

An explanation of how to add text to a book cover using PowerPoint.

How to edit and manipulate book cover elements.

How to use colored boxes to make your text stand out.

Grouping and ungrouping elements so you can position them as one.

An example of inserting pictures onto a book cover and the send example of creating a book cover.

A continuation of the second book cover example.

An overview of all the places to find PowerPoint commands.

Addendum: Creating a Paperback Book Cover (Cover/Spine/Back Cover)

Advanced PowerPoint Image and Text Editing (2017 Extension)

Introduction to Advanced PowerPoint Image and Text Editing

Book Cover Versions, Multiple Book Covers and Exporting

Resizing, Positioning, Rotating, Flipping and Cropping Images

Removing Image Backgrounds to Produce Image Silhouettes

Removing Image Insets to Produce Image Frames

Stacking Image Layers and Controlling Image Layer Stacking Order

Working with Individual Images and Grouping Slide Elements

Applying Artistic Effects, Color and Corrections, Picture Styles and Effects

More About Text and Fonts

The Big Cover Image Project Example

Bonus Lecture: PowerPoint Slide Animation

Bonus Lecture: Draw Any Shape in PowerPoint Pt. 1

Bonus Lecture: Draw Any Shape in PowerPoint Pt. 2

PowerPoint Book Cover Challenge

Challenge #1 from RAD Pt. 1

Challenge #1 from RAD Pt. 2

Challenge #2 from Don Pt. 1

Challenge #2 from Don Pt. 2

Challenge #3 from Mary Pt. 1

Challenge #3 from Mary Pt. 2

Challenge #3 from Mary Pt. 3

Conclusion

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Create a Book Cover with Me: Microsoft PowerPoint & Pixabay

Course Overview

Configuring PowerPoint to Export at 300 dpi

PowerPoint Fundamentals

Creating a Page and Adding Visual Components

Configuring the Book Cover Background

Inserting Text

Configuring Text

Inserting and Configuring Colored Boxes

Inserting and Configuring Images from Pixabay

Inserting and Configuring Icons

Manipulating Stacking Order

Loading Free Fonts Off the Internet

Book Cover Creation

Recreating the "Big Bones" Cover

Recreating the "Book of Dreams" Cover

Recreating the "The Last Divine" Cover

Additional Material

Grouping and Branding

Activities

Be better prepared before your course. Deepen your understanding during and after it. Supplement your coursework and achieve mastery of the topics covered in Self-publishing 2: Book Covers: Free PowerPoint Book Covers with these activities:

Review PowerPoint Fundamentals

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Reinforce your understanding of PowerPoint basics to create effective book covers.

Browse courses on Presentation Software

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Review PowerPoint interface and basic tools.
Practice creating and formatting shapes and text.
Experiment with different slide layouts and designs.

Read 'The Non-Designer's Design Book'

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Learn basic design principles to enhance the visual appeal of your book covers.

View Presentation Book on Amazon

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Read the book and take notes on key design principles.
Identify examples of these principles in existing book covers.
Apply these principles when creating your own book covers in PowerPoint.

Analyze Existing Book Covers

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Improve your understanding of effective book cover design by analyzing successful examples.

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Select 5-10 book covers from your genre.
Identify the design elements that make them effective.
Document your findings in a short report.

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Recreate Book Covers from Scratch

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Solidify your PowerPoint skills by recreating existing book covers.

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Choose 2-3 book covers to recreate.
Use PowerPoint to replicate the design as closely as possible.
Compare your recreation to the original and identify areas for improvement.

Design a Book Cover for a Fictional Book

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Apply your skills to create a book cover for a fictional book, from concept to final design.

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Develop a concept for a fictional book.
Design a book cover that reflects the book's genre and theme.
Get feedback on your design and make revisions.

Read 'Picture This: How Pictures Work'

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Understand how visual elements communicate meaning to create more impactful book covers.

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Read the book and take notes on key visual elements.
Analyze how these elements are used in existing book covers.
Experiment with these elements when creating your own book covers in PowerPoint.

Create a Book Cover Template Library

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Develop a library of reusable book cover templates in PowerPoint to streamline your design process.

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Design 3-5 different book cover templates in PowerPoint.
Organize your templates into a library for easy access.
Document how to use and customize each template.

Career center

Learners who complete Self-publishing 2: Book Covers: Free PowerPoint Book Covers will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:

Self Published Author

A self-published author handles all aspects of publishing their own books, including cover design. This course directly addresses the needs of self-published authors by teaching them how to create their own book covers using PowerPoint. Save money and time by creating professional-looking covers yourself. You will learn how to set the proper orientation and dimensions, apply background images, manipulate text, and insert pictures. These skills are essential for producing a cover that attracts readers. Learning to add visual components and insert and configure elements is beneficial for self-published authors.

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Book Designer

A career as a Book Designer will have you creating visually appealing and effective book covers. This course helps you master the essential skills needed to produce professional-looking covers, even on a budget. Knowing how to manipulate images, text, and backgrounds in PowerPoint, as this course teaches, allows you to create stunning designs. Furthermore, understanding how to set the proper dimensions and orientation for book covers helps ensure your designs are print-ready. Learning to add visual components and insert and configure elements such as colored boxes and images from Pixabay is relevant too. This course can help book designers learn to produce a variety of book covers.

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eBook Publisher

eBook Publishers are professionals who create books specifically for electronic viewing. As such, book covers are an important part of the role. This course helps you master skills needed to produce professional-looking covers using PowerPoint. Knowing how to manipulate images, text, and backgrounds in PowerPoint, helps you create eye-catching designs. Furthermore, understanding how to set the proper dimensions and orientation for book covers ensures your designs are ready for distribution. This course is tailored to ebook publishing, helping ebook publishers produce various book covers.

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Desktop Publisher

Desktop Publishers use software to create layouts for print and digital media, and are sometimes hired to create book covers. This course helps you learn how to use PowerPoint to create compelling book covers. Learning how to manipulate images, text, and backgrounds can help you create professional-looking designs. Understanding how to set proper dimensions and orientation for book covers helps ensure your designs are print-ready. The course covers inserting and configuring elements. A desktop publisher may find the course very helpful.

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Production Artist

Production Artists prepare files for printing or digital publication, and sometimes is also tasked with creating book covers. This course teaches you how to use PowerPoint to create book covers. Learning how to manipulate images, text, and backgrounds can help you create production-ready designs. Understanding how to set proper dimensions and orientation for book covers helps ensure your designs are print-ready. This course teaches fundamental skills to production artists. Specifically, the course discusses inserting and configuring elements.

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Layout Artist

Layout Artists are responsible for arranging elements on a page, and are sometimes hired to create book covers. This course teaches you how to use PowerPoint to create book covers. Learning how to manipulate images, text, and backgrounds can help you create visually appealing layouts. Understanding how to set proper dimensions and orientation for book covers helps ensure your layouts are print-ready. This course teaches valuable skills to layout artists. Inserting and configuring colored boxes is a relevant skill, especially for layout artists.

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Visual Communication Specialist

Visual Communication Specialists use visual elements to communicate messages, and creating book covers may be part of the role. This course teaches you how to create visually appealing book covers using PowerPoint. Learning how to manipulate images, text, and backgrounds can help you create effective designs. Understanding how to set proper dimensions and orientation for book covers helps ensure your designs are print-ready. Learning how to add visual components and insert and configure elements such as colored boxes is relevant too. This course can help visual communication specialists.

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Freelance Designer

Freelance Designers work on a variety of projects for different clients, and creating book covers may be part of the work. This course helps you learn how to create professional-looking book covers using PowerPoint, which broadens the range of services you can offer. The ability to manipulate images, text, and backgrounds is essential. This course teaches valuable skills to freelance designers. Specifically, the course discusses inserting and configuring elements such as icons and colored boxes. This may lead to expanded offerings for freelance designers.

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Content Creator

Content Creators develop engaging content for various platforms, and creating book covers may be part of the work. This course helps you learn how to create book covers using PowerPoint. Learning how to manipulate images, text, and backgrounds can help you create visually appealing designs. Understanding how to set proper dimensions and orientation for book covers helps ensure your designs are print-ready. Learning how to add visual components and insert and configure elements such as colored boxes will also make content creation easier.

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Graphic designer

As a Graphic Designer, you will be responsible for creating visual concepts that communicate ideas and inspire audiences, and will be hired to create book covers. This course can help you build a foundation in cover design, specifically using PowerPoint. You learn how to manipulate text, images, and backgrounds to create eye-catching designs. This knowledge is valuable in the design world. Understanding how to set proper dimensions and orientation benefits graphic designers. Inserting and configuring colored boxes and images from Pixabay as covered in the course can help graphic designers' workflows. This course may broaden your understanding of designing book covers.

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Illustrator

Illustrators create images for various media, and are sometimes hired to create book covers. This course may be useful because it teaches you how to use PowerPoint to create compelling book covers. Learning how to manipulate images, text, and backgrounds can help you create distinctive designs. Understanding techniques for image editing in PowerPoint can enhance your illustrations. This course teaches valuable skills to illustrators. Skills such as being able to add visual components, and insert and configure text are relevant too.

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Digital Artist

Digital Artists create artwork using digital tools, and are sometimes requested to create book covers. This course may be helpful because it teaches you how to use PowerPoint to create book covers. Learning how to manipulate images, text, and backgrounds can help you create unique and eye-catching designs. Understanding dimension requirements is useful to a digital artist. This course can help digital artists learn to work with PowerPoint. Specifically, the course discusses inserting and configuring elements.

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Creative Director

Creative Directors oversee the visual aspects of projects. As a creative director, you may be involved in the design or approval of book covers. This course may be useful, because it covers how to create visually appealing book covers using PowerPoint. Learning how to use colored boxes to make text stand out and how to insert pictures will help you become a better creative director. Learning to add visual components, and insert and configure elements is relevant. The course contains information on topics such as creating colored boxes to make text stand out.

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Marketing Associate

Marketing Associates often work on the visual elements of marketing campaigns, and designing book covers may be part of the role. This course may be useful because it covers the basics of creating visually appealing book covers using PowerPoint. Understanding how to use colored boxes to make text stand out and how to insert pictures can help make marketing materials more effective. Learning to add visual components, and insert and configure elements is relevant. This course teaches skills that may prove valuable. It will allow you to use PowerPoint to create marketing materials.

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Digital Marketing Specialist

Digital Marketing Specialists are responsible for online marketing campaigns. As a digital marketing specialist, the creation of book covers may be part of your tasks. This course may be useful for you, since it covers the basics of creating visually appealing book covers using PowerPoint. Understanding how to use colored boxes to make text stand out and how to insert pictures can help make marketing materials more effective. Learning to add visual components, and insert and configure elements is relevant. This course teaches skills that may prove valuable in digital marketing.

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