By the end of the course, you would have learnt to design covers for over 20 book genres. These are the designs we will go through together in the practical lessons. Fiction, Drama, Fitness, Sci-fi, Business & Marketing, Self Help, Vintage, Horror, Fantasy, Crime & Adventure, Classic, Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Education, Biography, Creative Arts and so on. Whether you are using Windows or Mac, you will be able to follow along just fine..

As the name one-on-one implies, i walk you through Book cover design process as if i were teaching it to you in a class room or in a corporate consulting environment. Except, instead of getting lost in a crowd of students, you receive my individualized attention, it's just you and me, one-on-one. Easy to follow Instructions and step by step training all the way..

Book cover design is a broad topic and there is a lot to know.. I have broken down "book cover design and animation masterclass one-on-one" into 5 part, 12 Modules series.

Coming up in part 1, I will introduce you to Photoshop. We'll start with introduction to Photoshop, show you the installation process, how to create your own workspace and how the interface works for the design process. We'll navigate inside Photoshop, learn all the essential tools, how to work with shapes, photos, mask, brushes, colors, adjustment layers, filters, how to organize your layers in an easy, professional way and finally how to save for the web and for print. Some of the major topics include:

• The Basics of Photoshop like the basic interface of the Photoshop etc.;   

• Getting to know the Photoshop interface, workspace and preference settings

• Shapes, custom shapes and Shape Properties

• Adjustment Layer & Effects and blending modes

• smart objects and vector smarts object

• color modes, filters and saving in Photoshop

• layer mask, clipping mask and brushes in Photoshop and more

Then we'll cover the essential topics, the basic stuffs everyone needs to know about Book Cover design, in the order you need to know it. We'll go through the Step by Step design process for Digital and Print Ready Book covers.