Youre ready to learn how to make a book cover with gimp. Stepbystep tutorial on how to create an ebook cover using gimp free open source. Do you want to know how to make a book cover with gimp in less than 5 minutes. Great tips on creating doityourself book covers using gimp a free. Then i will make the image more transparent, so that it looks more like an. Writers are always asking me how to create book covers for free. This is a basic tutorial, kind of a gimp for dummies. Beginner trying to place a person, minus the background color, on a. Part 3 optional remove the background of the 3d book cover image using gimp. Making an ebook box set cover in gimp celebrating independent. Beginner trying to place a person, minus the background color, on a book cover duplicate gimp transparency. In this tutorial we walk you through how to design a book cover in gimp, using one our diy templates. Gimp is surprisingly good at creating photo manipulation compositions. To keep this tutorial simple, i will keep all of the settings the same.
I just started learning gimp when i started selfpublishing a couple of months ago, so if you notice any errors in. The gimp website has lots of tutorials and explanations. I think this fact shocks people on a daily basis when they come across our gimp tutorials on youtube and see the sorts of things that are dreamt up within the program. I know writers will appreciate the time you put into this tutorial. Creating a diy book cover with gimp gimp tutorial, free. Then, im going to show you how to use the createspace cover template with gimp. How to make a box cover image in gimp with your host, bob hammond. Ive deliberately chosen simplicity for my covers, and gimp is perfect and free. I include how to add photos, text, and eyecatching gradient backgrounds. Next, well look at creating web graphics such as buttons, and bullets.
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