My printer has an online application that will generate a cover template based on book size and number of pages. Jul 20, 2012 i did remove all the white space from the template. Actually, i made the cover as a layer on top of the template. Now, i will go into a detailed tutorial on how you can create a simple, attractive e book cover design. I asked if he still used gimp and what his thoughts were on the state of gimp.
Can be used as a simple paint program, a program for. Then i deleted the template layer so that i just had the cover. How to make a book cover with gimp, i rushed through the process skipping over two very important steps in creating a good paperback book cover. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality. Making an ebook box set cover in gimp i know its been a while since i promised to show yall how to use gimp to make a cover for a box set, but i have an excuse. A complete user manual and a reference to gimp features that.
Make eyecatching e book covers with use of blending modes. Oct 12, 2017 this video discusses how to make a book cover in gimp. Open layer window and make a new layer from pasting photo look p. Set up and design book covers in gimp using layer masks and blend modes to create interesting effects. Chapter introduction gnu image manipulation program. Gimp is an acronym for gnu image manipulation program. Tutorial so, this tutorial starts once the cover is completely done in gimp. Now, i will go into a detailed tutorial on how you can create a simple, attractive ebook cover design. This tutorial walks through some basic image and layer manipulation techniques. Click on the photo and in the little editor write mona lisa. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
If youve had a look at the fine print youll already know, the book cover was made using creative commons licensed images from the internet. Welcome to the wikibook about gimp, g nu i mage m anipulation p rogram for editing raster images. This video discusses how to make a book cover in gimp. He feels krista is make great strides in the open source imaging sector. Gimp user manual in pdf by mat manuals and tutorials. I need to submit my book cover as a pdf x1a 2001 or pdf x3 2002 with fonts embedded. In this tutorial we walk you through how to design a book cover in gimp, using. Well start with the process of downloading gimp and finish with using it to design your book cover book template. Make sure that when this window pops up, you have the following options selected properly.
Our free pdf tutorials is proficiently written with the simple and clear examples to provide proper guidelines for even the beginners of the programming languages. I mainly use it to do such things as cropping an image, resizing or censoring certain area of an image before it is ready to use for an article. Dont worry, you can still create amazing images for the web and beyond using the basics of the gimp. I used that method on my last one, but it left a transparency that createspace removed. Today, im going to show you how to make a book cover spine with gimp. I wrote this ebook for people who hate technical jargon, and who need help learning the very basics of gimp. As an allinoneonestop ultimate guide for everything you need to know about gimp, the book of gimp comes with illustrated and stepbystep instructions, detailed references, variety of topics, and well. The artists guide to gimp effects is a tutorial filled expedition into the powerful opensource graphics design tool, the gnu image manipulation program. The ultimate book cover designs one hundred years of solitude. I have a book cover created in gimp which i need to export to pdf in order to upload to my book printer. Once i finished the interior formatting, i knew how many pages were in the book.
Please refer to the spine chart at the top of this page to correctly design your book. Mat web design graphic design gimp user manual in pdf gimp. The shadow effect used on the cover title and the screen shots used throughout this tutorial were produced using the gimp. How to create new image file topic how to create a new image file in gimp. A complete guide to nearly everything lecarme, olivier, delvare, karine on. These steps are easy to follow, and if you plan on creating your own ebook, then a nice cover design can definitely help you sell it. Of course, shut off the sample cover layer before you export your finished paperback book cover to pdf. I wanted to make a nice cover image and i wanted to find and use only images licensed under suitably licensed. This page describes how to create the cover for a book you will distribute through createspace, using.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of gimp. I include how to add photos, text, and eyecatching gradient backgrounds. In this tutorial, youll learn how to make a book in. It is an acronym for gnu image manipulation program. The artists guide to gimp effects is the followup text to the first book ever published on gimp, the artists guide to the gimp. These are the instructions for creating your book cover design in photoshop. If youre using gimp for mac, simply substitute the ctrl key for.
It is in itself supposed to be a testimony of how you can publish books and other things as part of an open source continuum. Click download or read online button to get book of gimp book now. A freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image creation. The shortcuts i collected cover several basic operations like creating a new layer, activating selection tools, zoom, filling the canvas and so on. How to make a pdf cover for your createspace book lit world. Oct 24, 2018 gimp is one of the essential tools i use on my daily basis as a blogger. By the end of the book, youll be ready to follow and adapt online tutorials with ease. If you need to design a 3d ebook image cover for your self published work, then this articlel can help. Creating a print cover for kdp print book version in this walkthrough we will create the print book cover for use in kdp. This tutorial gives an overview of some basic digital editing concepts and shows you how to get started using the gimp.
If youre looking for a free download links of the book of gimp. Youre ready to learn how to make a book cover with gimp. Aug 09, 2017 createspace will reject your cover if you dont honor those rules. In my video on how to make a book cover with gimp, i rushed through. The book of gimp is one of the best few complete guide books about gimp that cover almost any gimp knowledge. Everyone that signs up will also get a free copy of my book how to make book covers that sell. This is a great tutorial for selfpublishers and authors. Now you can finally put together a decent paperback book cover, you savvy selfpublisher you. There are over 30 high quality images that are free to use with the how to gimp ebook. Make a book cover spine with gimp selfpublishing with dale. Following my simple technique youll have a book cover in no time that will attract readers to buying your book.
Tutorials cover the gamut of design topics, from web design and photographic techniques to advertising and interface design. Select the layer with car and choose path selection tool 5. A quick overview of the udemy interface showing you short cuts to. When working with gimp, i sometimes use some shortcuts that. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
And theres another plugin called tiff 2 pdf for gimp. Can anyone help me find the best free or cheap way to do this. Do you want to know how to make a book cover with gimp in less than 5 minutes. Converting a book cover for createspace from jpeg to pdf. If youre looking for the book, you can learn more about it, and purchase it from the gimp book page how to gimp practice image pack. Web developers can now be a technical expertise with our most popular web programming language tutorials. Download the specific cover template needed, as seen below.
Then, im going to show you how to use the createspace cover template with gimp. Gimp is a free image editing software that will work well for you in regards to this tutorial. A complete guide to nearly everything pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. How to make a back book cover with gimp createspace. Dec 10, 2015 how to make a pdf cover for your createspace book date.
I cant adobe can save as pdf since they own the format or something like that. An introduction to using layer masks to modify the opacity of a layer. So, this tutorial starts once the cover is completely done in gimp. As an allinoneonestop ultimate guide for everything you need to know about gimp, the book of gimp comes with illustrated and stepbystep instructions, detailed references, variety of topics, and wellorganized chapters. Make eyecatching ebook covers with use of blending modes. The easiest way would be to use adobe photoshop, but thats assuming you can afford it. Creating your createspace paperback cover using gimp blue. I wont go over how to use gimp as i dont use it myself, but im sure youll find some basic gimp video tutorials on you. Once youve located the xcf file, open it up and you should see the front cover. Open the print version document you have created for the book you are working on, and see how many pages are in the docx.
The gimp is suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction. I will use gimp for this tutorial since it is available as a free. Bite sized lessons that are clear and concise on how to use the gimp to create ebook covers for the kindle. Use gimp for simple graphics needs without having to learn advanced image manipulation methods. I wrote this e book for people who hate technical jargon, and who need help learning the very basics of gimp. The gnu image manipulation program gimp is a free software program that runs on the windows, mac os and linux operating systems. Explanation this is the initial step in gimp which guides you to create a new image file with different height and width properties. You can get a copy of the book here is you are interested. The course benefits from having a specific focus and im the most familiar with using the gimp to create book covers. In photoshop, choose fileopen then navigate to the pdf you downloaded. Book cover, however, if you want to use a free version similar to photoshop you may do so by using gimp.
Stepbystep tutorial on how to create an ebook cover using gimp free open source software. Open the print version document you have created for the book you are working on, and see how many pages are in. The video is a little poor in quality because this is not my usual video production computer where it was recorded. Restart gimp before you export your final cover pdf. Ill be using the book cover i created in my 2d book cover class in this demonstration. It covers the basics of image editing and guides the reader through the. This is a tutorial on how to create an ebook cover graphic boxshot using gimp software. In this gimp for beginners class, youll learn how to use the gnu image manipulation program gimp to create a 3d book cover. Book of gimp download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The version in this file is made by karin kylander. Create your own professional book covers with free software this 6,5 hour video course was drawn from my bestseller the complete cover creation guide, available on amazon. Creating a print cover for kdp print book version v2. Gimp user manual authors and contributors gnu image manipulation program generated by docbook2odf page 2 of 421 g e n e r a t e d b y d o c b o o k 2 o d f. I have the size of the book cover from the printing shop, used those measurements in openoffice and then picked an appropriate font.
Opening your book cover in gimp and setting up the workspace go to file, open to locate the book template you downloaded from our website. Creating a pdf book cover on canva for amazon kdp with spine text. It requires an isbn because it generates a bar code for you. See, as soon as bob hammond heard about it, he immediately demanded that i make him one. Make a back book cover for createspace selfpublishing. I need to submit my book cover as a pdfx1a 2001 or pdfx3 2002 with fonts embedded. How to create your cover design in adobe photoshop version. In this tutorial we walk you through how to design a book cover in gimp, using one our diy templates. Besides, you only need to know the fundamentals of using the gimp to produce book covers.
Gimp tutorial on how to create ebook image boxshot. Browsing book covers in stores, i came away with a different sense of vision. The making of the book cover and a gimp tutorial submitted by hingo on sun, 20061022 18. A first look at the curves tool and adjusting color tones in. Introduction to gimp from the point of view of a software developer with just enough artistic skills to draw a stick person. The gimp is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool. You will learn professional retouching, like skin retouching with frequency. Cover templates are basically the same size as your book with. Convert your catalogue cover images and paperback book cover images to a suitable size to embed within your ebooks. Once you are set with the back cover layout, follow the instructions after step twentyeight in the how to make a book cover with gimp tutorial.
The book covers basic tools, filters, scripts and many basic or more advanced topics. The gimp is available for the linux, unix, windows xp, and mac os x operating systems. Once you find the correct folder, the file is going to be something that says at the very end of it, front. Or a cover to cover tutorial style book where you work through doing various examples in order to gain a. Or a covertocover tutorial style book where you work through doing various examples in order to gain a good understanding of how to do. Official gimp quick reference sheet pdf the gimp cheat sheet pdf gimp quick reference card v1.
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