Y4: Creating a book cover in j2e5

LF: j2e tools

1. Go to “my files”, “shared files”, your class folder
2. Open the Salisbury book cover and edit
3. Use the tools in j2e to copy it as accurately as possible.

Steps:

1. Trace the shape of the cover.  Do the same for each rectangular block.   Break the problem down – DECOMPOSITION
2. Finding the picture:  Use 3 OR 4 KEY SEARCH WORDS to find an exact picture match
3. Copy and paste images from the Google Chrome (or drag onto j2e page)
4. Choose fonts carefully
5. Use layers (like a paper collage) = piles of paper tools bottom right
6. Keep improving…

Useful tools…?

• Cool text https://cooltext.com/
• http://www.picturetopeople.org/text_generator/others/transparent/transparent-text-generator.html

Stormbreaker sphere video:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=17c6qWtFTbxyR4Oob5jG59-uxL6naW2ti

Finished?

Have you copied the book cover exactly?

• Layout
• Spacing
• Colours
• Pictures
• Fonts
• Positioning

Choose a contrasting book cover to copy.

What have you learned about good cover design?