InDesign How-To: Lay Out a Book Cover in Three Minutes
How to quickly lay out a book cover design using gradients, blend modes, images, and type.

In this InDesign how-to video, Dave Clayton shows how to quickly lay out a book cover design. Taken from one of our “Three Minutes Max” sessions, he makes use of gradients and blending modes along with images and type to quickly assemble a cover design comp.
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This article was last modified on February 22, 2021
This article was first published on February 13, 2021
Oh my. That was poor design and execution at its best!
I don’t even know where to start.
Sorry guys, this is below your normal standard.
Sorry you didn’t like this one, but for a 3-minute uncut demo there is PLENTY of good info for folks learning InDesign: working with swatches, the Gradient tool, paths from AI as image frames, Paste Into, etc.