Photoshop: Creating a Professional Book Cover File

This payment page is for Photoshop users and is based on this course, to the extent that is realistic in Photoshop: https://creating-a-professional-book-cover-file-the-ultimate-template.teachery.co/

In this course we will be using one large Photoshop canvas. This course will be presented in text and screenshots.
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Pros of using Photoshop

• Great if your artwork is all vector
• Crop marks can be automatically added upon export
• Easily add full bleed
• Guidelines are easy to add (you can type in exact values and use math)
• Easier to change spine size than in Photoshop

Cons of using Photoshop

• Difficult to see placed image scaling
• Limited typography capabilities, at least once you've experienced InDesign! At least there are styles, though they don't cascade.
• Takes quite a few steps to change trim size (must manually move most of the guides) (but, you can create separate templates for each trim size)
• Must crop down an exported image or define slice areas (better option) for marketing images 
• Depending on the type of work you do, you might not need it nor get as much usage out of it; lighterweight vector can be handled in InDesign also (and Photoshop, to an extent)