Lynda.COM Designing Book Covers Hands-On Workshop

Author:
Nigel French

Duration:
02h 46m

Released on:
8/26/2010

Exercise files:
Yes

Software works on:
Windows only


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.
Topics include:

    Researching the design and brainstorming ideas
    Setting up a document in InDesign or Illustrator
    Choosing typefaces, colors, shapes, and imagery
    Hand-drawing type and using different type treatments
    Creating illustrations from scratch
    Using and adapting photographs for illustration
    Preparing the book covers for printing





1. Introduction
Welcome           01m 01s
Using the exercise files           01m 44s

2. Getting Started
The project brief           02m 30s
Doing research           04m 16s
Setting up a document in InDesign CS5           05m 04s
Setting up a document in InDesign CS4           06m 04s
Putting your InDesign CS5 document on a grid           03m 02s
Putting your InDesign CS4 document on a grid           04m 31s
Setting up the document in Illustrator and placing it on a grid           04m 30s

3. The "Big Book" Solution
Creating hand-drawn type with the Blob Brush tool           04m 13s
Using Live Paint to color type           03m 40s
Choosing typefaces           03m 42s
Creating a simple illustration using the Pen and Gradient tools           08m 43s
Applying type effects           05m 42s
Manual tracing           04m 42s
Using the gradient and transparency effects           09m 57s

4. The Typographic Solution
Distressed type           05m 42s
More distressed type           03m 35s
Using mirrored type           03m 34s
Using giant wraparound text           03m 56s
Starting text on the cover           00m 40s

5. The Abstract Solution
Illustrating concepts with abstract shapes and transparency           06m 27s
Representing the book content with icons           06m 40s

6. The Illustration Solution
Using historic photography           06m 21s
Using Illustrator to create a simple illustration           04m 19s
Using gradient mesh in Illustrator to create a simple illustration           04m 55s
Using Live Trace on a photograph           03m 52s
Using black-and-white images creatively           04m 41s

7. Beyond the Front Cover
Developing a book set           02m 50s
Designing the back cover           08m 42s
Designing the flaps           02m 41s
Designing the spine           11m 17s

8. Printing
Using spot varnish           04m 30s
Preflighting your document           04m 51s
Preparing the PDF           03m 35s

Conclusion
Goodbye           00m 13s