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Book cover design Photoshop tutorial in less than ten layers Book cover design generally takes longer to prepare for than it actually does to put together. It took me around 45 minutes to gather the elements I needed for the book cover and only 15 minutes to actually design it. I have kept the design very simple so that a beginner could achieve similar results. So, let’s cut the talk and show you how you can very easily design a book cover like the one above. Book cover template Now is the time to open up Photoshop and that book cover template we created in part one complete with guides for bleed that is set to CMYK so that our end result is print ready. Our book is based on a 5.5″ x 8.5″ end product. When you go searching for your images to use in your book, this translates to 1688 × 2625 pixels because of the difference between 300ppi print ready resolution and the web’s paltry...

Step 1 Create a new 1024 x 768 px document, or any other values depending on the text you’ll be creating. Set the Foreground color to #684f48 and the Background color to #2b1915. Pick the Gradient Tool, choose the Foreground to Background fill and click the Radial Gradient icon in the Options bar, then click and drag from the center of the document to one of the corners to create the gradient. Create the text in All Caps using the color White, and the font Minipop G. The font size is 255 pt, and the Tracking value is set to 200 to avoid overlapping of the 3D letters. Step 2 Go to 3D -> Repoussé -> Text Layer. A dialog box will appear telling you that this will rasterize the type layer, and you will no longer be able to modify your text. So if you are sure you don’t need to modify your text, click yes and continue. Under the Repoussé Shape Presets, choose Inflate Sides. Then, under Extrude change the Depth to 0.1, and click the Shear radio button. Under ...