How To Create A KDP Book Cover In Canva 2024 (For Beginners)
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2023
- How To Create A KDP Book Cover In Canva 2024 (For Beginners)
In this video we show you How To Create A KDP Book Cover In Canva. Canva is very user friendly and learn to create KDP book covers with it by following this helpful tutorial.
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In many ways, this is one of the best introductions to Canva Free for those who haven't used it before. So far, I've used it 5 times BUT as each book document takes a while to create, edit and save as a PDF, my use of Canva is very infrequent. (I publish illustrated books of poetry for children, so these are definitely not low/medium content . . . hence the time needed to get every document ready. This can stretch to several weeks or months and I forget many little tips and tricks for Canva).
My problem with Canva is therefore that I need to remind myself of the main key steps. This is where your video is helpful, but can I offer a few positive critiques?
1) Unless I missed it, I don't think you suggested that the template to insert into your cover page in Canva MUST be the png file. My first ever mistake was to insert the PDF version - at which time I didn't understand the opacity control.
2) A purely personal thought is that your large avatar which stays on screen top right is a bit too distracting and covers up some of the page features being described.
3) For a true beginner, the very long section about gradients seemed to be too soon and complicated. It took up a huge part of your tutorial (during which it wasn't clear where the template was so that it could show it's relationship to what was being created). A few opacity reminders would have helped here.
4) One advantage of a gradient back cover, of course, is that you don't need to worry about creating space for the barcode - but if images or text are used, these MUST be allowed for. You didn't mention the barcode element at all, even though it's a key part of the template.
5) Personally, I also download Flattened PDFs. I think KDF prefer that but I don't think it's essential . . . not sure about that.
6) A final review of the finished cover as seen 'through' the png template would have been nice.
APOLOGIES IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG LIST OF NITPICKED GRIPES. It isn't meant to be as, potentially, this upload is very good.
To counterbalance everything, I have to admit that over the course of five, and the ongoing two covers, I use a slightly unorthodox method in that I use the initial template dimension guidelines to create all the separate elements of each cover either as jpg if no opacity is needed, or as png if it is. I then create a separate 'Canva' folder in my main working file into which I gather all the elements so that I don't have to hunt them down. My use of Canva is therefore a bit different to yours in that I insert images from my own folder rather than 'harvesting' them from within Canva itself. I then move/adjust them within the on-screen png of the main template. I try to leave it so that the only text I need to add is for the spine.
Thanks for some key reminders that my ageing old brain needed. I hope you didn't mind the list of comments.
Love your step-by-step, get-to-the-point, easy-to-understand style. Other content creators should take a lesson from you. This was super-helpful!
Super helpful for my first time. Thank you!
BEST ONE GOD BLESS
the best video on this subject I have seen,. I wasted so many frustrating hours following other help videos until I found this germ,, then evrything fell into place in no time at all. Thank you and have a good life.
Great video- super informative & helpful
Very helpful for real! Thanks!
Awesome! This was super helpful! Short and quick, but with enough detail to get me going.
Very great tutorial!! Thanks
very helpful, thank you!
Thank you so much for these great info.
Great tutorial!❤
Excellent video. I was able to create one by following your video. It was so helpful. Thank you so much. God bless you.
VERY HELPFUL thank youuuu!!!
Thank you very much! It was exactly what I needed.
Thank you for teaching how to create kdp book cover it's helpful for me
So helpful, thank u
Thank you oh so very much!
Thank you very helpful
Girl when I say you deserve all the flowers. I have never had a video save my lucky stars as much as this video lol!! Thank you! I was so stressed and now I’m like ok I got it!
Thank You Its's helps me lot😊
Super helpful. Tyvm!!!
Thank you!🥰
Thank you, miss ma'am. This video helped. I've published 5 books on KDP and this concept on Canva is fairly new to me.
Interesting… we have followed these instructions to the details and keep being rejected.
Thanks so much🙂
Thank you so much
You made a mess. Cant figure out margins and where to place front and back side design
Very helpful. I liked how you locked the Canva template so it wouldn't move; never thought of that. Thanks.
I tried locking this but not ableto add anything ?
Should the page size be the same as cover size? After calculating cover size.
Question do I need office suite to be able to upload to canva
So, any templates on canvas for free , we can edit it some , save it. Download it and use as an ebook or book for free with no issues such as copyright or infringement? Or do we have to add the cover designer name on cover also?
When you get your design and you move it over the template how do you adjust the size?
You seriously took so much time just FOR gradients> OMW I cannot deal
how come no one shows you once the book cover is done...how to actually download to KDP? that's the challenging. i have the cover made from canva. i've downloaded it to PDF, but when KDP wants me to upload the cover....it doesn't show up on the download the KDP upload pulls up. it's like i have to upload areas for downloads. this may not make sense, but it makes no sense that KDP will pull up my download file from some area from my computer, while i can pull up my download file with the canva PDF in another area. can you please help as soon as possible. no one that makes these instructional videos are replying back. thanks
what borders are you staying in besides none?
I saw your design, but l didn't get how you avoided the margins at the middle, that is really the problem l 'm facing with the designing process.
I totally agree, I can't get an approval from KDP by use of this template either.
@DecoratingSmall I get that I uploaded with the template and avoid the read and if it's to small it will tell you the size if it's wrong got it right eventually
Hey guys update! I went on the KDP, read everything 50 times 🤣😅🤣 went to my CANVA did that 40 times (I'm over exaggerating ) but it seemed like it. Then I did a call with KDP and come to find out I was selecting the wrong descriptions for my book along with not being within the guidelines of the template. But it all worked out, I published this morning Yay!!! 🤗😊
Question - is the choice for color or black/white for the cover or for the interior pages? The word "interior" is throwing me ...
I am having a hard time getting the template to match my Canva canvas. All the dimensions are correct (I have tried several times). Can you please tell me how to correct this?
Same exact problem, this video glosses over this problem (at 3:58 min in) Someone help me please, otherwise there is no point in my continuing with this. Thank you
I found it difficult to use Canva Free and every template/element wanted me to upgrade to Canva Pro. I am not ready to commit yet and want to create a book cover first. But Canva Free keeps locking up the template. I am practising and getting better at this. I think you should include a section on how to add the blurb on the back cover.
What if I have a ready image for a book cover? How can I download format it?
do i have to add the description onto the book? or will kdp do that for me?
I upload the png and it says file not compatible?? Why? I defo added the correct size dimentions. ive had this problem aswel
I've done this and it says the wrap is wrong on the book, do you happen to know why?
how do I get rid of the template as I can't see what you're clicking on just past the grouping part? I also didn't lock the template.
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Can not thank you enough!!!
The barcode wasn't in your final design. Is that okay?
When I am locking the page it is not allowing me to add anything on the image Can you please help ?
Happy Wednesday! Thank you so much for this easy to follow tutorial! This is the most updated tutorial I have found so far! I am getting started now! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
hi , i did follow step by step with you , about the caculate download , my file is like zipfile , can not upload to canva , may i ask how to fix this problem , so i can not see the caculate work . thanks
Extract it.
I've been trying to learn how to do this. However, Canva seems to have a problem with me adding images once the template is locked in place. I'm trying my hardest but it just won't seem to let me do so...
same
We followed every step and keep getting rejected over the cover margins.
I’m downloading it and it won’t upload to canva what do I do?
What about the copyright issues
Why are you blocking part of the page with the photo of your personal photo?
so i have made a book cover, now how do i add the pages to this? no one on the internet shows this!!!
Please I'm having issue with margin can you help me
Can I make a book cover for a twenty page ebook on Amazon kdp?
How can one make a book cover to a twenty page book on Amazon kdp?
I need help making a cover 😊
Why didn't those broken lines appear how did you do that
I can't upload file on canva
Why didn't you just open your zip file hit extract and then send it to canva instead of hitting all these dimensions your file goes straight to canva after you hit share the canva
I upload the png and it says file not compatible?? Why? I defo added the correct size dimentions.
same
bro rename the file and save it then upload files instead of drag the document worked for me
I think it would be good if you could actually teach how to write on the spine.
I should marry a woman like her!!
I have no idea how many pages my book is
This was very fast and rushed.
Way too fast!!
Not professional
You do all the other things except the things which we needed to see. Time waste
Not really work video only for likes
Just because you couldn’t figure it out doesn’t mean it didn’t work for somebody else
Thank you. 2024. Ques: to download from Canva it shows to pay....but why? Isnt it free to download pdf? Thanks for your effort.
very helpful, thank you!
Thanks!