Book Cover Design and Animation Masterclass

Hello and welcome to "Book Cover Design and Animation Masterclass". The Complete Beginner's Guide and "one in all" "everything you need to know" video series on book cover design and animation with Adobe Photoshop. The Book Cover Design and Animation Masterclass Course has been created by Netplus Studios, and we believe in quality learning.

Hi, I am Abiola Oluwasanmi, and I have been teaching graphic design and animation for some years now. I believe in quality teaching, and with this training, I will take your design instincts and skills to the next level.

By the end of the course, you would have learnt to design covers for over 20 book genres. These are the designs we will go through together in the practical lessons. Fiction, Drama, Fitness, Sci-fi, Business & Marketing, Self Help, Vintage, Horror, Fantasy, Crime & Adventure, Classic, Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Education, Biography, Creative Arts, and so on. Whether you are using Windows or Mac, you will be able to follow along just fine..

As the name one-on-one implies, I walk you through the book cover design process as if I were teaching it to you in a classroom or in a corporate consulting environment. Except, instead of getting lost in a crowd of students, you receive my individualized attention; it's just you and me, one-on-one. Easy to follow Instructions and step-by-step training all the way..

Book cover design is a broad topic, and there is a lot to know.. I have broken down "book cover design and animation masterclass one-on-one" into 5 part, 12 Modules series.

Coming up in part 1, I will introduce you to Photoshop. We'll start with an introduction to Photoshop, show you the installation process, how to create your own workspace, and how the interface works for the design process. We'll navigate inside Photoshop, learn all the essential tools, how to work with shapes, photos, masks, brushes, colors, adjustment layers, filters, how to organize your layers in an easy, professional way, and finally, how to save for the web and for print. Some of the major topics include:

• The Basics of Photoshop, like the basic interface of Photoshop etc.   

• Getting to know the Photoshop interface, workspace, and preference settings

• Shapes, custom shapes, and Shape Properties

• Adjustment Layer & Effects and blending modes

• smart objects and vector smarts object

• color modes, filters, and saving in Photoshop

• layer mask, clipping mask, and brushes in Photoshop and more

Then we'll cover the essential topics, the basic stuff everyone needs to know about Book Cover design, in the order you need to know it. We'll go through the step-by-step design process for Digital and print-ready book covers.

• The Anatomy of a book cover

• Book Cover Design Resources & Where to Download them

• How to Organize Your Book Cover Design Elements and Resources

• Photography Stock images, and Copyright Fair Use

• How and where to download fonts, brushes, cover Mock-ups and more.

We will also cover the basics of Book Cover Design with topics like

• Book Cover Sizes, Dimensions, and Specifications

• Color modes, Color profile, and Design Resolution

• Book Cover Design Genres, Styles & Trends

• How to get book cover design ideas

• How to Save your eBook cover in the proper formats for upload - Learn the different formats and sizes for all online eBook publishers

In later parts, I'll lead you into advanced topics and into the practical lessons, where we design over 20 book covers in over 20 different genres. These are well-made designs that are most likely to expand your creative range in the shortest amount of time. By the end, you will be able to create book covers for any book genre.

• eBook-Kindle Cover Design from start to finish

• Print-Ready Book Cover Design from start to finish

• 20 Practical Lessons with 20 different book genres. You get the full-length video for each design and the finished PSD templates you can also work with as an assignment.

Finally, we'll work with 3D book covers. We will design a 3D book Mockup from scratch. We will also go through designing covers in 3D formats using ready made Mockups: 3D formats like Software Box design, Audio-book, Video-book, and CD Cases, Book Bundles and Collections, Magazine Covers, etc.

We will also cover how to:

• How to Create a Huge Design Portfolio

• How to monetize your design skills as a professional Book cover designer.

As a Bonus, you will learn how to animate your finished book covers and create book cover promo trailers using Adobe After Effects.

• Book Cover Animation and Promo Trailer - Create engaging Video Ads

• How to make money with your book cover design and animation skills

By the end, you would have seen everything about book cover design and what Photoshop can do.. This is no tips and tricks course. I am going to make sure you understand how book cover design with Photoshop works, how you work with it, and how to bring your own designs to life.. "Book cover design and animation masterclass one on one" will take you from 0 to 100, one easy-to-digest video at a time.

Let me give you a few more reasons to get this course!   

• 1.  With this course, you will be getting access to over 100 video lessons with over 20 Premium Resource files (PSD and JPEG files) used in the course practical lessons, so that you can download them and practice yourself to sharpen your designing skills. Files are available for download at the end of every section.

• 2.  This course comes with expert and continuous support, which means that during or after the course, if you are somehow stuck anywhere, then I will be there to answer all of your questions related to the course topic. I'll be here for you every step of the way. If you have any questions about the course content or anything related to this topic, you can always post a question in the course or send me a direct message.

• 3. Lifetime Access to All Future Course Updates and Adobe Products Updates. You get Continuous Updates on the Book cover design course as well as updates on Adobe Photoshop and After Effects software. New features are added to these tools from time to time, and I will always update the course to meet the changes.

• 4. 30-Day Money Back Guarantee. Let me give you the last but not least reason to get this course, which makes this course an awesome deal, and that is that this course comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee! If you are not satisfied in any way, you'll get your money back with no questions asked.

Why is this the best Book cover training package? You are just about to find out.

Go ahead and click the enroll button, and I'll see you in lesson 1!