How to Download Album Art
Downloading music from the internet is a fast and easy way to find songs you want, but one of the downsides is you don't always get to see the album cover art. Part of the pleasure of old LP albums was enjoying the often original art on those covers, such as the famous faces on the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Fortunately, you can use different programs to get the cover art anyway. Some programs will even find cover art for the songs for you automatically.
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Instructions
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Download a program that can help you get cover art for your songs, such as Cover Art Downloader (See Resources).
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Click on the appropriate download link to get the installation file. For example 'Windows Download" if you have Windows. After you've downloaded it, open it by double-clicking on it and go through the installation. Open the program when ready.
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Click on "File" and then select "Open" and choose your music folder and double-click on it. The program should automatically find cover art for you.
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Download another program like Limewire if you want to look for album art directly. You can set the search setting to "Images" and type in the name of a cover you'd like to find. You can then double-click on the art you want to download.
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Use a website like "Allmusic" if you need to find album art directly or can't remember what the name of an album is. You can type in the name of an artist or song in the search box and then set the dropdown menu to the appropriate setting to match, an then click "Go."
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Right-click on any art you find on a album page and select "Save image as." Hit "OK" and the file will save to your computer.
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Tips & Warnings
Some countries have laws that make it illegal to download album art unless you have permission to do so.
