How to make cover for bundle to sell at Teachers Pay Teachers – Photoshop Tutorial

One of the great thing about selling at Teachers Pay Teachers is that you can make an automatic bundle. This means once you update your individual product (the product which is included in the bundle), the bundle is also automatic updated.

In this tutorial I’ll show how to make preview image/ cover for bundle. The square cover looks better for Teachers Pay Teachers. So, I’ll do my preview image in square.

Open photoshop.

Make a new file. I use 1000 x 1000 pixels at 72 dpi, RGB color. If you prefer rectangular horizontal cover, is also okey.

I’ll make a bundle from 4 individual poster products (each product already has a cover in square size of 1000 x 1000 pixels). So, I’ll combine them all into one page for the bundle cover.

I open one of the poster cover.

I copy the poster cover into the new file (the file for the bundle cover). As always, I just use shortcut as follow

from the poster cover file: ctrl A (select all), ctrl c (copy)

back to the new file (the cover bundle file): ctrl v (paste)

After that, I resize the poster cover. Again, using the shortcut ctrl T (transform), and then I set 50% for the width and also 50% for the height (see red arrows). Now, I have the 1st poster in half size.

Drag along the image into the top left.

Do the same thing for the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th poster covers. Place them into the blank space.

After that, I’ll add text.

Clik the T icon from left tool bar. Choose the font/size/color from the top menu (see red arrows). Make sure your text layer is above other layers (see yellow arrow).

Then, I’ll add some effects to the text.

From the top menu, choose layer –> layer style –> stroke

From the pop up box, you can make some adjustments.

After that, I’ll ad drop shadow to the text.

And that’s all. Bundle cover is ready now.

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credit:

All poster covers used in this tutorial is by DarraKadisha

Check also my other photoshop tutorials

How to make preview image for selling poster online – Photoshop tutorial

How to cut square area out of rectangular preview image – Photoshop Tutorial

How to make watermark in photoshop

How to make watermark in photoshop

In this photoshop tutorial, I’ll show you how to add watermark text in photoshop. This watermark effect known for protecting your works. So people won’t be able to use your preview image for something else (since there’s a watermark text on it). This is useful for sellers who have online shops and put cover/ preview image in big size, and somehow your works look big enough in that cover/ preview image.

Okey, Let’s start.

 

Open your cover/ preview image in photoshop. I’m using cute bunny poster preview image for this tutorial.

Now, you will add text.

From the left toolbar, click the “T” icon (see blue) arrow. Shortcut is T, simple click T on your keyboard.

Once you’ve clicked the “T” icon, you’ll see some option on the top second line (see red arrows). From there, you can choose font, size, color, alignment, etc.

I use Dream Orphans font that I downloaded for free from Creative Fabrica Freebies

Type your text, and position it in the middle. I use black for the text color.

After that, make sure you’re on the text layer (see yellow arrow). So make sure that your text is above the layer of your work.

You can see the opacity slider there. I set mine into 35%. From the drop down menu (from opacity), slide it into 35%. You can see that the text become gray, however, you can still see the bunny ears and wood image.

Well, I’ve done with the watermark text. It’s easy actually.

Now you can save it into a new file. From top menu choose File –> Save as. I saved mine as Jpeg.

Credit: valentine Bunny poster by DarraKadisha

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How to cut square area out of rectangular preview image – Photoshop Tutorial

If you’re selling your teaching resources (or other products) at Teachers Pay Teachers, you probably realize that square cover/ preview image looks better than rectangular listing cover. Square cover is also look nice for Etsy.

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to cut square area out of rectangular size cover preview image. I’ll do this in photoshop.

For this tutorial, I’m using rectangular cover image of a bunny poster with wood background. The file is in jpg, 1500 x 1000 pixels at 72 dpi. I’m gonna cut (the poster area) into square size 1500×1500 pixels.

Okay, let’s start.

I open my cover/ preview image in photoshop.

Click the rectangular marquee tool (shortcut is M) from the left toolbar. You’ll see some options from the top line (the one I point with red arrow).

The default is “normal”. From the drop down menu, change it into “Fixed size” and then enter width and height. I fill it w=1000 an h=1000. And then click your work are.

You are now see blinking dots (square) around your work area. You can move the square box as necessary.

Once you’re happy, from top menu Edit–>copy (shortcut: ctrl c), make a new document, from top menu File–>new (ctrl n) pop up box will open, check again the size, then click ok. And then paste, from top menu Edit –>paste (ctrl v). Now, I have my preview image in square.

You can save this new look into a new file.

From top menu, File–> save as. I choose to save as jpeg file.

And it’s done. Now I have a square cover/ preview image that I can happily use for Teachers Pay Teachers listing cover.

PS: Don’t forget to set back the “Rectangular Marquee Tool (M)”, you can click from the left toolbar) back to normal, instead of “fixed size”, so you won’t be confused when you open your photoshop (for other projects) next time.

Check also my previous photoshop tutorial

How to make preview image for selling poster online – Photoshop tutorial