Tutorial: Versatile InDesign Book Covers
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A short video to teach the most efficient way to build covers with InDesign.
- Easily resize the spine without having to manipulate as many elements.
- Easily export to multiple formats: PDF for sale, PDFs for print, PDF to add to the Lightning Source template for print on demand, JPGs or TIFs for web/print/3D rendering use.
An update to this video with some further explanation and deeper examples is pending.
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Thanks, this was really helpful! And this was generally just a really good tutorial, I found it straight to the point and assumes we know a little about InDesign. Thanks again!
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback!
Awesome! I wish I’d come across this technique years ago when I was typesetting lots of books and covers. This would have saved me a fair amount of time each book, and doing draft covers without knowing the exact spine dimensions (or even no spine at all) would have been a breeze.
I don’t know how many more books I’ll ever do, but this is solidly in my mind as an option if I return to publishing. Thank you!