Y5 How can I create an effective book cover?

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Book covers

1. 1. Go to “my files”, “shared files”, your class folder
   2. Open Stormbreaker book cover
   3. Use the tools in j2e to copy one of them as accurately as possible.

Decomposition

We will start with the cover background colour and build it up in layers.  Break the problem down – decomposition

1 Cover shape, blocks and colour

• Trace the shape of the whole book cover with the rectangle tool
• Do the same for the red bar at the bottom
• Select each shape and change the colour by using “fill”

2 Text

• Type the different bits of text
• Choose the best font
• Resize and position them exactly on the book cover
• Gill Sans font https://fontmeme.com/fonts/gill-sans-bold-extra-condensed-font/#previewtool

3 Lighning bolt

• Use the “spiky” shape tool to trace around the lighning bolt carefully
• Change the fill and outline colour

4 Sphere image

• First search for the sphere but BLACK lines with a WHITE background).  Try searcng: sphere, triangles
• When you have found one, right hand click and “save image”
• Use this website to take the background away
  • Create a png https://onlinepngtools.com/create-transparent-png
  • Save the file
• Use this website to change from black to white
  • Invert colour https://pinetools.com/invert-image-colors

5 Alex Rider silhouette

• Search for the picture and drag onto j2e.
• It will probably have a solid white background.  Follow the next steps to get rid of the background.
• Go to JIT5 paint
• Start a new PAINT with the CHECKERBOARD background
• Put the picture on the page
• Fill (bucket tool) any white backgound with “invisible paint”
• Save image as gif (top right of image)
• Now in j2e, the image without background will be in your pictures.

Finished?

• Create the spine and back cover
• Find “More Stormbreaker book covers” in shared files and have a go at another one…  What different skills do you need?
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