eCover / eBook / 3-d Box Tutorial

Now comes the fun part. Duplicate your folder (so you have a back-up to work with). Now we’re going to merge the layer set by pressing Ctrl-E.

Now we’re going to separate the cover and spine into two layers. Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool, select the cover and paste it on to a new layer. Do the same for the spine.

With the cover layer selected and the Move Tool in hand hold down Ctrl-T to transform. Right click the cover, and choose Perspective.

Grabbing the upper left corner, drag downwards until you are satisfied:

Do the same with the spine, except select the upper right corner. You may have a 1px gap between the spine and cover. If that is the case, nudge the spine over.

And you’re finished! Now you can merge both layers together and copy them onto a larger canvas to add special effects. Here I have added a subtle shadow:

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This entry was written by Minty Ferret on Sunday, August 5th, 2007 at 9:45 pm and is filed under Photoshop Tutorials. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

12 Responses to “eCover / eBook / 3-d Box Tutorial”

1. Daniel on August 7th, 2007 at 12:31 am

   Simple, but I like it

2. Pspack on August 7th, 2007 at 6:10 am

   Great tutorial

3. Doctor G on August 7th, 2007 at 9:13 am

   Great! I used 3dsmax to create a box with a texture, before I learn your lesson.

4. Minty Ferret on August 7th, 2007 at 7:35 pm

   I’m glad this was helpful!

5. K.C. Gagne on September 18th, 2007 at 4:48 pm

   Great! Now can you show me how to add that “subtle shadow”? I can never get my shadows to look like that. Thanks!

6. Lg Williams on December 18th, 2007 at 8:29 pm

   I really needed this but I can’t figure out
   how to set the guide for the fold.

   I’m a newbie.

7. Minty Ferret on December 18th, 2007 at 10:54 pm

   No problem - first make sure that your rulers are visible (View — Rulers). Then simply click on the vertical ruler and drag it over to where you need it. Hope that helps!

8. Zane on February 19th, 2008 at 10:40 am

   hi
   i really need help for this step

   “Now we’re going to add some highlights and shadows to make the final product more realistic. Create a new layer. Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool, select the spine. With a dark gray - transparent gradient, drag from left to right to achieve the effect shown here:”

   i didnt get it thanks

9. Minty Ferret on February 19th, 2008 at 12:44 pm

   Sure! I need a little more detail on what’s getting you stuck though - are you having trouble selecting the spine? Making the gradient? Or something else?

10. Myst on March 5th, 2008 at 6:52 am

    This tutorial was very great. Please also provide tutorials for different kinds of ebook covers, cd covers etc

11. James Hennessey on May 12th, 2008 at 11:42 am

    Excellent tutorial! People like you make life for people like me so much easier. Thanx buddy!

    Jimmy

12. fid on July 30th, 2008 at 10:01 am

    thanks

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