Tutorial: How To Create An Ebook Cover With Photoshop

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1. narendra.s.v said on  June 29th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
   

   well am not that much good at PS but am great at fireworks may be will try this in FF :D

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2. Nick said on  June 30th, 2008 at 3:21 am
   

   That was a great tutorial…now if you only used GIMP rather than Photoshop :D

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3. David Shaw said on  June 30th, 2008 at 7:11 am
   

   Nice Tutorial.

   I am planning on writing an E-book soon!

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5. background checks blog said on  June 30th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
   

   Nice tutorial! Now how about a post on how to use our e-book to pump up readers on our blogs and get traffic to our website.

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6. IronBlogger said on  June 30th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
   

   VERY nice tutorial Tom.

   I love all the pictures and the step-by-step explaining. Was really nice reading this post.

   I think I might have even learned a thing or two about Photoshop :p.

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7. Josh said on  June 30th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
   

   Great detailed and easy to follow tutorial mate. Will make sure I come back to this when I get around to writing my own eBook. Btw I love your theme and logo! Did you make it yourself?
8. Tom said on  July 1st, 2008 at 1:21 am
   

   Thanks guys! I cant take credit for the theme or the logo as both were purchased, I did edit the theme a bit if that counts :D
9. Nathaniel said on  July 1st, 2008 at 8:21 am
   

   Nice tutorial! Now how about one about downloading photoshop for free so I can do this!
10. Tim said on  July 1st, 2008 at 5:56 pm
    

    Nice. I did a lot of this a few years back but then started using actions. They make life so much easier.

    Maybe you should consider creating a few yourself.

    Thanks for the cool tut.

    Tim
11. Christopher Truman said on  July 1st, 2008 at 7:31 pm
    

    Very helpful! You may soon see many professional looking e-books being released by me soon :)

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14. JK Swopes said on  July 4th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
    

    Good one Tom, though, I too wish this was in GIMP lol, but, I will try to see if I can take what you laid out and apply it to my graphics in GIMP.
15. Dudewtf said on  July 6th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
    

    Sweeet tutorial. Is there anything you can;t do with photoshop? LOL. I downloaded the 2nd ebook cover but modified it to look more like a box with a semi-open top than a book.
16. Tyrone said on  July 6th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
    

    Great tutorial..I just recently started blogging and I am in the midst of writing my first ebook and i was looking for some templates for the cover and I didn’t want to buy some software..this will make it easy.

    Tyrone

    http://tyroneliggians.com
17. ebook cover designer said on  July 10th, 2008 at 12:25 am
    

    Good tutorial.

    How about turning this utorial into camtasia video? I’m sure many people will benefit from this.

    BTW, I’m offering free Photoshop actions for creating ebook covers on my site:
    http://www.VirtualCoverGenerator.com

    Hope you can blog about it :)
18. Andrew Gibson said on  July 26th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
    

    Nice tutorial! However, for people that don’t own a copy of photo shop… I develop a product designed to help people make 3D eBook Cover images. It’s called 3D eBook Shot. Unlike any other ecover design tool, as well as creating static images, 3D eBook Shot can export video animations of your ebook covers. You can easily upload these videos to youtube and embed them on your web pages. I also offer an eBook Cover Design Service. Prices start at just $100 USD for a cover design.
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20. lola said on  August 11th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
    

    You just saved my arse in a job with your “don’t reinvent the wheel” ebook cover. I am exhausted right now and the client wanted the cover to show on a book – you are an angel!! Thank you thank you
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22. syokbeb said on  September 13th, 2008 at 12:20 am
    

    I am very impress with your tutorial.I will apply in on my latest and very first ebook
    at http://syokbisnes.com

    Thanks my friend.
23. eBook Cover Design said on  September 20th, 2008 at 11:32 am
    

    very nice tutorial,

    it completely explained by the details. Photoshop is a very good software and I am also already use it for many years.
24. Julie said on  October 23rd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
    

    GREAT tutorial! I’m still somewhat a novice with Photoshop, but even I believe I can do this. Thanks for the informative post.

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25. Regina Paul said on  November 7th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
    

    This is a very good tutorial. However, if you don’t have Photoshop and or don’t want to purchase a copy, there are free softwares that you can use in the place of Photoshop. I’ve written a short report that tells you how to do it for 100% free.
    http://www.easy-link.org/howtocreateebookcoversforfree
26. isaac said on  November 8th, 2008 at 5:42 am
    

    i want to start writing an ebook, and so is they any one who can give me detailed lecture of how to design an ebook cover, please should post a comment on my blog.

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27. Jay said on  November 8th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
    

    Awesome post, thanks a lot! There are so many tutorials out there that are really a waste of time, but not this one. It works a treat!

    Check out this eBook cover software it helps speed things up a lot – check it out at http://www.ecoversuiteelite.com

    Thanks again
    - Jay
28. Steve said on  November 19th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
    

    Great tutorial Tom! Easy to follow, and everything you’d need to know included. I like the designs themselves too – something I need to work on!

    Someone asked for a similar tut using GIMP the free graphics software. I have a tutorial at http://get-started-online.com/blog/how-to-create-an-ebook-cover-for-free-with-gimp – not as pretty and no screenshots yet, but I’ll add them if there’s enough interest! ;)

    Steve
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30. Greg Ellison said on  December 21st, 2008 at 9:29 pm
    

    Very good tutorial on how to create a ebook cover. Thanks Greg Ellison

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33. Gimp EBook Covers said on  June 11th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
    

    Nicely done. Personally I prefer GIMP to Photoshop, mainly because I’m cheap. :) It’s what I have, so it’s what I use. There is a guide for making eBook covers with GIMP at http://www.makeebookcovers.com. They don’t do the ‘rotate the image to fit on a template’ method…they actually show how to use the wireframe in GIMP, create the reflection, shadow, etc. It’s pretty cool.
34. Ovi Dogar said on  June 18th, 2009 at 2:15 am
    

    Hey Tom,

    Great tutorial! ;)

    You can also find a free ebook cover action script here: http://www.absolutecovers.com/blog/page/8/

    Ovi Dogar
    TheCoversExpert
35. Toan Nguyen Minh said on  July 21st, 2009 at 8:03 am
    

    Nice post, Thomas. Thanks for sharing!
36. Martin Adams said on  July 22nd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
    

    Thank you for that great tutorial. As a PS pirate, I love finding new ways to do things with it. Saved me $ to find your nice walk-through. Mine is already done and looks great. First eBook cover is a success. Thanks bro.
37. DigitalMediaCovers.com said on  July 28th, 2009 at 11:13 am
    

    Great tutorial!, Thanks for sharing.
38. Efueme Obinna said on  August 12th, 2009 at 10:58 am
    

    Great detailed and easy to follow tutorial mate. Will make sure I come back to this when I get around to writing my own eBook. Btw I love your theme and logo! Did you make it yourself?
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41. Jaky Astik said on  October 3rd, 2009 at 11:32 pm
    

    I think I have an easier way to easily create stunning ebook cover designs :)
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42. Tom said on  October 4th, 2009 at 12:40 am
    

    Hewy Jaky, How is that?
43. tom said on  October 20th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
    

    very great tutorial, I have made a good looking cover! thank…
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46. Sandy said on  November 3rd, 2009 at 2:47 pm
    

    Thanks so much, I jsut made my very first cover! The tricest part was I’m also learning how to use Photoshop so some of the process was harder for me as I had to experiment to get where you were.
47. Tom said on  November 3rd, 2009 at 3:47 pm
    

    Thanks Sandy! I am glad that you were able to make use of my tutorial!
48. Dimitris said on  November 29th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
    

    Thank you for your great tutorial, Tom!
    I just created my ebook cover using your tutorial!
    You can view it here:
    http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a311/Bierhoff21/ebookcover.png
49. Barry said on  December 11th, 2009 at 9:00 am
    

    Nice looking tutorial. Although I have been trying for ages to do this from the tutorial and failing.

    As usual for a program like PS, there is not enough detail. You are expecting people to know their way around the program. You do not go into detail enough about how you add layers, and get the gradients etc. PS is a mystery to me and I was hoping that i could do this. please add details for PS newbies.
50. Hazran said on  December 28th, 2009 at 12:14 am
    

    I don’t think there’s any PS tutorials around the net teaching us exactly steps by steps in details especially if it’s presented in html. Missing out or skipping just a small detail will make you stucked somewhere especially for newbies.

    GIMP is great BUT PS can do much MORE magic.

    I remembered my early days of long 2-weeks intensive learning basic PS( though I have adequate skills in GIMP before ) by playing and experimenting a LOT with the Layers Palette, Tools Palette, Menu bars..and of course referring to FREE BUT QUALITY designing tutorials such as Thomas did here.

    Great Job, Thomas.
51. Aditya said on  February 5th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
    

    I am not very good at PhotoShop but this tutorial is awesome. I readily figured out a great way to create a great e-book cover. Thanks!
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