How to Make an Album Cover on iTunes
iTunes is a digital media player application available for free from Apple, Inc. The application is used to download, play and sync songs and movies to digital media players such as the iPod and iPhone. Songs that have been downloaded often contain the album cover artwork. The album cover displays on the media player when the song is played. Users also have the option of making and adding their own album covers to songs on iTunes.
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Instructions
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Automatically Add Album Cover
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Launch iTunes from your computer. Click the "Start" button from the System Tray located at the bottom of the desktop. Click "All Programs" and then click "iTunes."
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Right-click the song you wish to add an album cover and click "Get Album Artwork."
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Login to your iTunes Store Account. You will need an iTunes Store Account to retrieve the album cover automatically from the iTunes store. iTunes will download the appropriate album cover that matches the song selected.
Manually Make Album Cover
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Find an image that you wish to make the album cover in iTunes. The image can be one that you created or one that you found on the Internet.
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Right-click the image and select "Copy Image" from the drop-down menu.
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Launch iTunes from your computer. Click the "Start" button from the System Tray located at the bottom of the desktop. Click "All Programs" and then click "iTunes."
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Right-click the song you wish to add an album cover and click "Get Info."
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Click on the "Artwork" tab, click inside the blank box and hold down "Ctrl" + "V" keys to paste the album cover that you copied in step 2.
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Click the "Add" button and your album cover has now been added.
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References
- Photo Credit music, abstract design with flowers and musical notes image by Cristina Cazan from Fotolia.com
