The document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a book cover using PowerPoint. It details 25 steps for setting up the page size, inserting background photos, adding text boxes for the title and author name, editing photos and applying effects like transparency levels. The final steps involve grouping all the elements and saving the completed cover as a picture file. The overall process involves layering background images, adjusting colors and effects, and positioning text to design an original book cover layout.

1. Hello and welcome to this session of Seamir
Shows You How She Makes Covers. Please take
a seat.
Today I’m going to be showing you how to
make a cover like this:
Ready? Okay.

2. Step One
Open PowerPoint and
make a new slide.
Make sure the page
size is the same as
how big you’re
wanting to make your
book.

3. Step Two
Insert your
background
photo. In this
case, I’m using
a picture of my
face, but you
can use
anything you
like.

4. Step Three
Resize it.
You want it to
be at least the
same height as
your page.

5. Step Four
Now you need
to crop it. Try
to position the
photo so the
part you’re
wanting on the
cover is the
part on the
page.

6. Step Five
Here comes the
fun part. Editing.
Feel free to play
around with the
settings as much
as you like on
here.

7. Step Six
For this, I chose
to start off with
Background
colour 2 light.

8. Step Seven
Then I changed
the Brightness to
-43% and the
Contrast to 78%.
Once again, play
around with
things until
you’re happy
with how they
look.

9. Step Eight
Now that you’ve
sorted out your
background
picture, it’s time
for the layering.
Insert a
rectangle.

10. Step Nine
Cover the
entire page
with it.

11. Step Ten
Now we get to
mess with
these settings.
Head over to
“Format
Shape”.

12. Step Eleven
Get rid of the
line around the
edge first.

13. Step Twelve
Once you’ve
done that, head
over to where it
says “Fill”.
Choose “Picture
or Texture Fill”.

14. Step Thirteen
Now you go pick
the picture you
want to layer
over the top.
In this case, I’ve
used my
newspaper
words.

15. Step Fourteen
Turn up the
transparency.
I’ve gone for 65%
here.

16. Step Fifteen
Now because Make sure
of how things everything’s
are when you adjusted and
layer them on positioned how
here, you’re you want it to be.
going to have
to stretch your
top image out a
little so that
the edges cover
everything.

17. Step Sixteen
Now we start
on the words.
Insert a text
box and type
out your title.

18. Step Seventeen
Now pick out a
font that you
like/fits with
the theme of
the novel.
I’ve chosen
Carbon Type
for this one.

19. Step Eighteen
Resize the text.
I’ve gone for 47
on here.

20. Step Nineteen
Move it around
and position
the title where
you want it.

21. Step Twenty
Now it’s time
for your name.
Insert another
text box and
type that in.

22. Step Twenty-one
Head back over
and pick out
the font you
want for your
name. I’ve gone
for the same
font I used
earlier.

23. Step Twenty-two
Resize and
position.

24. Step Twenty-three
Now drag your
mouse and
select
everything.

25. Step Twenty-four
Right click and
group them
together.

26. Step Twenty-five
Right click
again and save
the whole thing
as a picture.

27. And that’s pretty much it. You might need to do a little cropping
or adjusting around the edges, but essentially you’re finished.
So there you have it. A brand new, shiny cover. This tutorial was
for making one like mine, but you can totally use the same skills
to make one for whatever story you’re writing (as long as you
want to use layering or whatever).
Let me know if you guys have any questions or anything and I’d
be more than happy to give you the answer if I know it.
Remember, all of this is just stuff I’ve picked up from messing
around on PowerPoint.
Most of the time I have no idea what I’m doing.