HOW TO CREATE A PROFESSIONAL EBOOK COVER WITHIN 5 MINUTES USING PHOTOSHOP ACTIONS

HOW TO CREATE A PROFESSIONAL EBOOK COVER WITHIN 5 MINUTES USING PHOTOSHOP ACTIONS

What you’ll learn in this tutorial

• Where to find awesome free cover templates for ebooks & much more
• How to download and install photoshop actions
• How to use a photoshop action to create a professional cover for your ebook
• How to reduce a large file size within photoshop
• How to save your ebook image with a transparent background

What you’ll need:

• Adobe Photoshop

Part 1: Downloading & Installing The Photoshop Action

• Head over to www.psdcovers.com. They are a huge resource for covers and mockups of all kinds.

• Here is a link to the template I’ll be using if you want to follow along.

http://www.psdcovers.com/hardcover003/

• Click the Download Action button

• When you download the action it will be a zip format.
• Unzip it.
• I use a program called The Unarchiver. Mac users can download it here

• Now go and open Photoshop

• Open the actions panel by clicking on the play button icon.

• Then click on the tiny little menu icon button

• Choose “Load Actions”

• Navigate to the action you downloaded and unzipped. Select it and choose open.

• Now you will see it loaded into your actions. Click the arrow to expand and see the 2 step action process.

Part 2: Using Photoshop Actions

• Click on STEP 1 and then select the play button.

•  Drag and drop your cover art onto the template

• Drag your cover image to fill the template space and hit enter/return when sized correctly.

• Now you are read to go back to the actions panel.
• Choose STEP 2 and click play

• Then sit back and watch the magic happen!

Part 3: Saving Your Image

• From the Image menu select “Image Size”

• Notice the size of your image. 138.9M is HUGE! We need to reduce this size first.

Follow these steps in this order to reduce the image.

• Step 1: Change the resolution to 150

• Step 2: Change the pixel width to 1000
• *Note – make sure Scale Styles, Constrain Proportions, and Resample Image are all checked for these steps. 

• Step 3: Choose Bicubic Sharper (best for reduction)

Now look at the difference!

• Click “OK” when finished

• After you click ok you may think your image is way too small. Don’t worry that’s only because it is at a zoom level of 12.5%

• Double click the magnifying glass to bring it back to 100%

• To continue saving the image with a transparent background navigate to the very bottom layer in the layers panel and turn it off by selecting the eye image.

• Then choose File > Save for Web

• Make sure you select PNG-24 and have a check mark next to Transparency.
• Select Save and save it to a location you will remember on your computer.

Done!

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