For the next three Fridays I'm going to offer something different. During our 'How to Self Publish course we emphasise the importance of a professional cover, designed in a way that it begins to tell the story of a book. As a supplement to those videos and as a way of showing you what we offer, I have recorded a short series on using symbols (i.e. brushes and custom shapes) in Photoshop to create your cover. (You can use similar techniques in Photoshop Elements.) As a bit of fun, I've chosen a fictitious cover for a James Bond book. I hope you enjoy it and that it will inspire you to try it for yourself.
Click on the link below.
1-01 Using symbols in Photoshop
Thanks to the wonderful artists of Deviantart.com for their skill in producing the brushes and shapes featured and offering them for use.
Check out our 'How to self publish' courses at Indie Authors Scotland.
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