Mandi Lynn – Photoshop Basics for Authors

Get a basic understanding of Photoshop’s most powerful tools no matter what your skill level is.

What can you use Photoshop for?

Photoshop is a tool with endless potential! Perhaps the most powerful part of learning Photoshop is that it gives you the ability to design your own book covers, saving you hundreds, and even thousands of dollars as an indie author. If you want to learn book cover design, make sure to enroll in the entire Book Cover Design Course Bundle.

Not only can Photoshop be used to design book covers, but you can also use it to design endless types of marketing materials such as business cards, bookmarks, social media graphics, and so much more!

What You’ll Learn In Photoshop Basics for Authors?

Getting Started…

• Things to Know About This Course…
• Photoshop PDF keyboard shortcuts printable

Module One: Learning to Navigate Photoshop

• Creating your workspace
• Reviewing Photoshop tools
• Creating a canvas in Photoshop

Module Two: Basic Editing in Photoshop

• Basics photo corrections
• Removing people and objects from photos

Module Three: The Magic Behind Photoshop: Making Selections

• What are layers, selections and masks?
• Photoshop layers: Use, organization, style effects and more
• How to make a selection in Photoshop
• Using the pen tool to make selections
• Creating masks from selections

Module Four: Additional Tools to Help You Design

• Basics of text in Photoshop
• Using Photoshop brushes and where to get them
• Put it all together: Design a Business Card

Before you go…

• What’s next?

Meet Your Instructor

Mandi Lynn published her first novel when she was seventeen. The author of multiple books, Mandi spends her days continuing to write and creating YouTube videos to help other writers achieve their dreams of seeing their books published. Mandi is the owner of Stone Ridge Books, a company that works to help authors bring their books to life through cover design and book formatting. She is also the creator of The Book Launch Planner Series, a collection of planners designed to help authors write and release their books. When she’s not creating, you can find Mandi exploring her backyard or getting lost in the woods.

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