Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 13 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Brian Jackson
Rating
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Course Overview
Create a book cover using Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 and free images from Pixabay. Learn book cover design and branding.
Are you in need of a free book cover? Do you want to save money by doing it yourself? How about using the simplest tool and process available for creating your book cover? How about creating a book cover with me using Microsoft PowerPoint 2016?
In this course you'll learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 to make free professional looking book covers. This course teaches you how to combine text, colored boxes and images to produce stunning images suitable for use in self-publishing books. The course teaches by demonstrating each technique required after which you're expect to pause the video and replicate what was just demonstrated. By the end of this course you will have created three book covers with ease.
This course covers the following topics:
o Configuring PowerPoint to export images at 300 dpi
o Inserting and configuring text
o Inserting and configuring colored boxes to emphasis your text
o Inserting background and inset images
o Downloading free images from Pixabay
o Downing free fonts from Dafont
o Saving and exporting book covers
o Branding
If you're in need of a free book cover or are just interested in brushing up your PowerPoint skills then this is the course for you. You'll learn everything you need to know to use PowerPoint as a general purpose graphic design tool sans all the presentation slide and animation stuff addressed by most PowerPoint courses.
Learn by watch and then reinforce your learning by doing.
Don't forget Udemy's 30-day no questions asked money back guarantee. That should make your decision a simple one.
I'll see you in the classroom,
---Brian
Course Content
- 5 section(s)
- 16 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 PowerPoint Fundamentals
- Section 3 Book Cover Creation
- Section 4 Additional Material
- Section 5 Conclusion
What You’ll Learn
- Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 to make professional looking book covers, Learn how to manipulate text, colored boxes and images in PowerPoint, Learn how to configure PowerPoint to export images at 300 dpi resolution, Learn how to brand your book series or all books by an author
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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OOrz Z
Recommended as a beginner's guide and enjoyed the lessons. Pace is good and concepts well explained. Only thing is that the lecturer's face shouldnt block the pane view of the powerpoint at some parts of lectures
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DDonald Isaacson
excellent lessons, easy to understand
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jjames Bash
So far seems like a great course. Great instructor. Enjoying the course very much.
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PPaula Aites
Once again, Brian Jackson goes above and beyond! His course "Create a Book Cover with Me: Microsoft PowerPoint & Pixabay" delivers without fail. Having taken Mr. Jackson's Udemy courses on creating book covers using the GIMP, I was mesmerized as he easily recreated his astounding book covers using Microsoft PowerPoint. If PowerPoint has been intimidating to use thus far, or if you have never considered creating book covers with PowerPoint, and thought it was only good for creating slide presentations, well you are in for a great surprise! Mr. Jackson's course will have you chomping at the bit, eager to get started as he quickly and easily guides you through PowerPoint step-by-step, including where to find incredible images to use for your book covers. Don't hesitate to dive right into this excellent course and start creating your very own book covers using PowerPoint and Pixabay today!
