This document provides step-by-step instructions for making a book cover in Adobe Indesign CC. It details how to set up the document specifications, import graphics, add and format text, and arrange elements on the front, spine, and back cover. Key steps include creating shapes and text frames, formatting fonts, aligning objects, placing images, and switching between view modes to layout and preview the finished multi-page book cover design.

1. Cover
Making
Adobe Indesign CCin

2. Open the Adobe Indesign
CC Application

3. Application is now
successfully open

4. In the File menu, New
+ click Document

5. Fill out the Document form

6. The specification of the document,
depends on the desired output

7. Click the OK button

8. The untitled document

9. Save the document before
anything else

10. In the File menu, click Save

11. Type the file name of the
document

12. Click Save

13. The document is now
successfully saved

14. The full view of the
Document

15. Front area of the cover

16. Back area of the cover

17. The margins

18. .5 inch of margin

19. The bleeds is necessary for
trimming allowances for full images

20. .25 inch of Bleeds

21. The spine of the Cover
NOTE:
for every
100 pages
is equivalent
to .25 inches

22. The spine size

23. In the Window menu +
color + click Swatches

24. The Color Swatches menu

25. Click the icon

26. Select all Unsed

27. All unused color are
selected

28. Go to the Trash icon and
click delete

29. Click the Red color

30. Go to Tools menu and click
the Rectangular tool

31. Click and drag to create a
shape
The size
of the
shape

32. Go to Object menu + click
the Corner Options

33. Corner options, click the
icon

34. Select Rounded

35. Type the number

36. Click the icon

37. Select the Rounded in the
option menu

38. Type the number

39. Click OK

40. The modified shape

41. Use the arrow tool or pick
tool

42. Click the shape

43. In the Edit menu, click Copy

44. Click paste in Place

45. Click Align to Margins

46. Click Align bottom edges

47. The shape are aligned to
the bottom

48. Click the Pick Tool

49. Click the shape at the
bottom

50. Locate the Reference Point

51. The Reference Point

52. Turn the Reference Point in
to the center

53. Go to the Ratation Angle

54. Type 180 in Rotation Angle
Menu

55. The Shape are changed in
to1800
of angle

56. Adjust the Shape

57. Full view of the layout

58. Click the Type Tool

59. After switching type tool
creat a text frame

60. After creating a texframe,
you may able to start typing

61. Using type tool, click the text frame,
go to Edit and click Select All

62. The Selected Text in the
Text Frame

63. Go to Font selection Menu

64. Select Font from Menu

65. Click enter on the keyboard

66. Text with the new font style

67. Click the Type Tool

68. Using Type Tool, click the
text frame

69. Click the Select All

70. The selected text in the
frame

71. Go to Font Size menu

72. Type the number of the
preferred font size

73. Click Enter on the keyboard

74. Modified size

75. Click Swatches

76. Swatches option

77. Click Paper

78. The text turned to white

79. Click Deselect

80. The progress of the text
modification

81. Full view setting

82. Click the Type Tool

83. Type Virtual Careers

84. Select the text

85. Click the Font Selection
menu

86. Select the preferred Font
style

87. Click Enter on the Keyboard

88. New Font Style

89. Click the Font size Menu

90. Enter the preferred number

91. Click Enter on the Keyboard

92. Click the Leading Menu

93. Changed into preferred size

94. Click Enter on the Keyboard

95. Text are modified

96. Click Deselect All

97. Full View

98. Click Swatches

99. Swatches option

100. Click the icon

101. Click the preferred color

102. Click Deselect All

103. Full view

104. Click the Type Tool

105. After typing the text,
Select All the text

106. Click the Font Selection
Menu

107. Change the preferred font
style

108. Click Enter on the Keyboard

109. Click the Font Size menu

110. Type the target size

111. Click the Leading menu

112. Type the target size

113. The Leading of the text

114. Change the color

115. Click Deselect All

116. Full view of the layout

117. Click the Selection Tool

118. Click Text Frame to
selected the text

119. Click Copy

120. Click Paste in Place

121. Text frame are duplicated

122. Move down the duplicated
text frame

123. Click the Type Tool

124. Using the Type Tool
click inside the frame

125. Click Select All

126. The text are selected

127. Click the Font Size menu

128. Type the preferred number

129. Click Enter on the keyboard

130. The size are modified

131. Change to Jomar Hilario

132. Click the Type Tool, click
inside the text frame

133. Click Select All

134. The text are selected

135. Click the Font Style menu

136. Click the preferred style

137. Click the Tracking menu

138. Type the preferred number

139. Click Enter on the keyboard

140. The modified text

141. Click Select All

142. Click Swatches

143. Color Swatches

144. Click Paper

145. Text turned to white

146. Click the Selection Tool

147. Click the text frame

148. Arrange the text

149. Type the forword

150. I open Photoshop, to cut out
the graphic from the cover
downloaded from the internet

151. Inside the Photoshop, click
the Rectangular Marquee Tool

152. Marquee Tool are applied to the particular
area, appearing the broken lines

153. Inside Photoshop, click
Crop

154. The Cropped image

155. Inside Photoshop, click the
Pen Tool

156. Inside Photoshop, click Fit
on Screen

157. The image are fitted on the
screen

158. Using the Pen Tool, click the edge of
the image, notice the set of points
using a Pen Tool to delete the background of the image
see my another video Photoshop Tutorial.

159. Save the file

160. Click Photoshop Format
option

161. Click Save

162. Back to Adobe InDesign,
click Place

163. Locate the file

164. After the file was located,
click open

165. Place in the InDesign document

166. Place the image at the
center of the front cover

167. Click the Ellipse Toom

168. Hold Shift on the keyboard
+ drag the mouse to make a Circle Shape
Size of the
Circle

169. Click the Type Tool

170. After selecting Type Tool,
start typing

171. Palce the cursor in the text
frame by click inside the frame

172. Click Select All

173. Click paragraph formating

174. Click Align to Center

175. Place the text at the center
of the Circle

176. Text are in the center area
of the Circle

177. Finished Layout of the front
Book Cover

178. Use all the tips from the front
Front Cover, to proceed in the
making of the Spine, and the
Back Cover layout.

179. Spine of the Cover

180. The Back Cover

181. Finished Cover

182. Normal Mode

183. Preview Mode

184. Bleed Mode

185. Slug Mode