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InDesign CC Designing a Book Cover and Spine

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Course Features

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Duration

75 minutes

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Downloadable Courses

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Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Beginner

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

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Video Content

75 minutes

Course Description

Book covers come in a variety of unique designs that present unique challenges. How can you determine the thickness of your spine? How big should your book cover for the genre it is? How can you create a wrap-around cover layout in InDesign that adjusts to changes in spine width? InDesign CC Designing A Book Cover and Spine is a course that will teach you how to create, design, and print book covers and spines. To ensure maximum design flexibility and safety printing, you will first learn how to set up InDesign. Then, you will discover the simple but effective formula to solve the most difficult aspect of book design: the width and thickness of the spine. You'll then design the spine, cover and back covers of your book. This will help you to understand what elements should be and not be on each. You'll be able to design a book and spine in InDesign CC by the end of this course.

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Hands-On Training,Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, you'll have learned how to create a book and spine from start to finish in InDesign CC

Finally, you'll design the book cover, back cover, and spine, learning what elements must be on each, could be on each, and shouldn't be on each

First, you'll learn the mechanics of setting up the InDesign document for maximum design flexibility and printing safety

Next, you'll discover the secret but simple formula for solving that most perplexing aspect of book design how to calculate the correct width or thickness of the book's spine

You'll learn how to construct, design, and print a book cover and spine

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