From the course: Introduction to Graphic Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
Project overview
From the course: Introduction to Graphic Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
Project overview
- [Instructor] In this chapter, we are going to be making a dust jacket for a hardback book similar to the one you are looking at right now on the screen. Now, the technically minded may well say, hey, that's a case wrap, it doesn't have a dust jacket. Well, I couldn't find a dust jacket 3D model, but that's what we are going to be making. To give you a clearer idea of the artwork, here it is, or a version of it, of course. You will be able to make choices and actually develop your own design. I'll be working through this one, but encouraging you at all times to try out your own thing in interpreting this particular task. So we're going to mess around with a lot of typography. We are going to consider shapes and space. We are going to do a few things with images, and we're even going to add a special print finish at the end, just like the real thing. So come on, what are we waiting for? Let's get in and start making this dust jacket project in InDesign.
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Project overview1m 5s
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Document setup5m 28s
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Setting margins5m 15s
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Adding guides2m 49s
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Challenge: Layout guides2m 31s
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Solution: Layout guides5m 27s
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Choosing and pairing fonts5m 8s
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Challenge: Using in-app capture for colors4m 46s
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Splitting images for the covers3m 42s
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Creating tints for the cover flaps5m 40s
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Adding image content5m 23s
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Importing and organizing text5m 31s
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Styling the title block7m 30s
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Styling the cover quote6m 4s
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Optical margin alignment3m 38s
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Setting the back cover text6m 53s
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Adding character style overrides3m 45s
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Challenge: Set flap texts54s
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Solution: Set flap texts4m 32s
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Creating the spine content4m 27s
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Adding the publisher's assets5m 25s
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Exporting assets3m 14s
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Creating a print finish5m 54s
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