Designing a cover for your Bookify book that looks good and that really…represents the content and the mood of the book is important, because it's the…cover that will first attract your readers.…So let's talk about how to design a cover here in Bookify.…I've been working on a special image for my cover in Photoshop, and I used the…Get Photos button to go out and find that illustration and bring it in.…And here it is down here in my photo stream.…So now I'm ready to go out and design my cover, so I'll go up to the toolbar at…the top of the screen and click Design Cover.…
That may take you to the Design Cover workspace here, or if you haven't been…there before, it might take you out to this page, where you can preview and…choose your preferred cover type.…Clicking on any one of these three choices displays an illustration of what that…cover type looks like.…So here's the Hardcover, surrounded by a Dust Jacket with flaps.…Here's the Hardcover with ImageWrap, that has printing right on the cover.…
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10/12/2011- Planning a photo book
- Color managing photos for BookSmart
- Laying out pages in BookSmart
- Troubleshooting image size in BookSmart
- Importing photos to Bookify
- Adding, deleting, and moving pages in Bookify
- Downloading and installing Blurb's InDesign plug-in
- Uploading a PDF to Blurb
- Ordering and selling photo books
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 38s
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Using the exercise files1m 5s
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1. Getting Ready to Make a Book
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Choosing a theme2m 24s
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Planning a book4m 13s
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Organizing your assets6m 21s
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2. Using Blurb BookSmart Desktop Software
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Laying out pages4m 23s
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Placing photos on pages6m 27s
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Adding text5m 2s
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Creating a cover7m 10s
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Customizing your book7m 52s
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Uploading your book to Blurb4m 28s
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3. Using Blurb Bookify Online
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Completing a Lightroom book4m 30s
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Placing photos on pages5m 10s
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Changing page layouts4m 17s
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Styling your book4m 18s
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Adding text5m 44s
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Creating a cover7m 43s
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4. Using PDF to Book
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Using the InDesign plug-in7m 39s
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Uploading your PDF to Blurb6m 49s
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5. Ordering and Selling Your Book
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Ordering your book4m 14s
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Marketing your book3m 56s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye41s
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