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This is a brief overview of some things you can do with text in GIMP to make your eBook Covers look a lot nicer. I cover:
- Installing new fonts
- Using the "stroke selection" tool to outline your text
- Adding drop shadows

To find new fonts, I use www.fontsquirrel.com and www.dafont.com - be careful with dafont to only pick fonts that are free for commercial use. I install and unzip using 7-zip.org/, but if you have WinZip you could just use that.

If you are starting from scratch, check out my GIMP for Dummies tutorials on how to make an eBook cover for free:
Tutorial 1: youtube.com/watch?v=WbRxzQdwfHU
Tutorial 2: youtube.com/watch?v=F2A23kGe7Bc
Tutorial 3: youtube.com/watch?v=gzGrGAQxWNM

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Aubrey Watt published this 8:45 video tutorial on November 10, 2012. It has been watched 3,814 times on YouTube.

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