Expert: Huma Riaz - 3/31/2005

Question
Im a writer but i cant afford to hire a graphic artist to design my book cover. which adobe products would help me design my own professinal book covers,magazine covers,erotic calenders ,movie posters , those hip hop flyers or ads etc.. & make them look like they do in the stores.
I cant find any books or videos that teach me how. theres so many adobe products im confused.

Answer
Dear Micheal,

For that case, you may not be needed to be a perfect professional. You can have a nice photograph on the basic theme as a cover of your book, and off course you will need to learn a bit of nitty-gritty to make it as per your requirement, there are sites available on net to provide best possible pictures on any topic you would want, i.e. www.imagebank.com or www.corbis.com

Off course this will cost you, but your book cover would not need much more after that.

If we talk about the software, Adobe Photoshop is the best tool to design what you looking for.

I can offer my services free of cost to you as well, but I would like to know before anything regarding what the book is all about.


Feel Free to ask anything further


Huma Riaz
Location: Karachi-Pakistan